Strengthening CEPA to support a substantive right to a healthy environment
Published by:
David Suzuki Foundation
Authored by:
Lisa Gue
Environmental rights climate change, human health and wellbeing
The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, a cornerstone pollution-prevention law, is out of date. Government has committed to modernizing it to better protect people and the environment. Complementing and reinforcing other important CEPA reforms, applying a human rights lens to the process for regulating toxic chemicals represents an essential paradigm shift that will modernize and strengthen Canada’s approach to environmental protection.
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