Tag: Environmental Defence

Ontario government amends environmental assessment process to accelerate infrastructure projects

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As the Ontario government is investing nearly $98 billion over the next decade to build new roads, highways and public transit, it is streamlining...

Ontario Auditor General releases scathing report on Greenbelt development

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Actions of the Ontario government to open parts of the Greenbelt for development failed to consider environmental, agricultural and financial risks and impacts, proceeded...

Ontario budget builds on efforts to electrify transportation, but falls short...

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Yesterday Ontario's Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy released Ontario’s 2023 Budget: Building a Strong Ontario. It is a plan that navigates ongoing global economic...

Big plastic fights government efforts to curb plastic pollution

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Environmental groups are in court this week (March 7 - 9) to support the Canadian government’s efforts to fend off an industry-led effort to...

Ontario launches consultation on proposed changes to the Greenbelt

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Ontario's Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing has launched a 30-day consultation on a proposal to expand the Greenbelt by approximately 2,000 acres and...

Declaration of intent to form hydrogen alliance between Canada and Germany

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have announced the Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance, an indication of the economic opportunity and job creation...

National ban on harmful single-use plastics comes into effect soon

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Today, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, and Minister of Health, Jean-Yves Duclos, published final regulations to prohibit single-use plastics including: checkout...

Coalition launches the Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign

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On April 27 at Queen’s Park, a broad coalition of more than 125 groups from across Ontario, representing more than 475,000 people, launched the...

Canada Takes Regulatory Action to Address Plastic Pollution

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Several major environmental organizations are applauding the Government of Canada's decision to list “plastic manufactured items” on Schedule 1 under the Canadian Environmental Protection...

Ontario’s Record-Breaking Recovery Budget Not Green Enough?

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Ontario’s Minister of Finance and president of the Treasury Board, Peter Bethlenfalvy, has released the 2021 budget, Ontario’s Action Plan: Protecting People’s Health and Our...