Can Canada’s Species at Risk Act protect endangered wildlife on federal land?

A pending Federal Court of Appeal ruling might hold the answer.

Growing stockpiles of radioactive waste beside Ottawa River upstream of Parliament Hill causing widespread concerns

It would be hard to choose a less suitable place to consolidate all federal radioactive waste than in a seismically-active zone beside the Ottawa River that provides drinking water for millions of Canadians in communities downstream including Ottawa, Gatineau, and Montreal.

Two recent court judgments put brakes on giant Ottawa River nuclear waste dump

These two successful court challenges are fuelling concerns about whether or not privatizing Canada’s federal nuclear laboratories in 2015 was a good move for Canadian taxpayers.

If we’re going to spend a billion dollars a year managing our nuclear waste, let’s do it right