Re: Bill S-5, Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act

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November 2020

Strengthening CEPA to support a substantive right to a healthy environment

The Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, a cornerstone pollution-prevention law, is out of date.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.

Environmental rights

June 2021

Recommendations for strengthening Bill C-28, updating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act

On April 13, 2021, the federal government introduced Bill C-28, proposed updates to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. CEPA provides the legislative framework for federal action to protect human health and the environment from pollution and toxics, but the law has not been significantly amended for more than two decades.

Re: Bill S-5, Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act

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Strengthening CEPA to support a substantive right to a healthy environment

Recommendations for strengthening Bill C-28, updating the Canadian Environmental Protection Act

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