A Blueprint for Revitalizing Environmental Assessment in British Columbia
Joint document providing a vision for a new approach to environmental assessment in BC as well as key changes needed to make that happen.
Publications
Request for an audit and examination of the Government of British Columbia’s failure to adequately regulate placer mining
Submission to BC’s Auditor General to examine the government’s apparent failure to adequately regulate placer mining
A National Strategy to Combat Marine Plastics Pollution: A Blueprint for Federal Action
This report prepared for the T. Buck Suzuki Foundation builds on our Seven Reforms to Address Marine Plastic Pollution report and outlines exact actions that Ottawa can take to address marine plastic pollution. It identifies the constitutional powers that allow Parliament to lead a national effort and sets out concrete actions Canada can take to set a >
Submission regarding the Agricultural Waste Control Regulation Review Intentions Paper
Submission to the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy on the November 2017 Agricultural Waste Control Regulation Review Intentions Paper. Delivered to the Ministry on January 2, 2018.
Petition for Emergency Order to protect Southern Mountain Caribou
Petition for an Emergency Order to protect Southern Mountain Caribou (Designatable Unit 9), pursuant to section 80 of the Species at Risk Act. Prepared for Valhalla Wilderness Society and delivered to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna December 14, 2017.
Legal Personality of Natural Features: Recent International Developments and Applicability in Canada
Research paper prepared for a First Nation that discusses recent international developments that grant legal personality and related rights to natural features, including water bodies, related natural features, and sacred water beings.
Legal Review of Flood Management and Fish Habitat in British Columbia
Report prepared for Watershed Watch Salmon Society, regarding the gaps in the oversight of salmon habitats behind dikes.
Seven Reforms to Address Marine Plastic Pollution
Report prepared for the T. Buck Suzuki Foundation. [This paper was edited October 23, 2017 on p. 16 to include information about Seattle’s ban on plastic straws (see footnote 65).]
Drinking Water Health Hazard Protection Order (2017 Aug 14)
Letter on behalf of the Kamloops Area Preservation Association to K. McNamara, Drinking Water Officer, Kamloops Public Health Unit for a Drinking Water Health Hazard Prevention Order regarding the proposed Ajax Mining project. Includes hydrogeologist report prepared by Dr. Gilles Wendling.
