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).]
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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.
Hullcar Valley Area Based Management Plan – Cover letter
Cover letter submitted with appendices and report to the Minister of Environment on behalf of our clients Save Hullcar Aquifer Team (SHAT) with specific recommendations about how government can improve the Order for an Area Based Management Plan so that…
Hullcar Valley Area Based Management Plan – Appendices
Appendices to report and cover letter submitted to the Minister of Environment on behalf of our clients Save Hullcar Aquifer Team (SHAT) with specific recommendations about how government can improve the Order for an Area Based Management Plan so that…
Hullcar Valley Area Based Management Plan Recommendations
Report submitted to the Minister of Environment on behalf of our clients Save Hullcar Aquifer Team (SHAT) with specific recommendations about how government can improve the Order for an Area Based Management Plan so that is ensures clean drinking water…
Fixing Systemic Failures in BC’s Mining Regulation: The Urgent Need for a Judicial Inquiry
Report and letter prepared for the Fairmining Collaborative (read related story)
2017Feb24 – Letter to Information and Privacy Commissioner
On behalf of BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA), letter requesting the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner conduct a systemic study on why particular provincial ministries are not proactively releasing key environmental orders, permits, contravention decisions…
In the Public Interest: Unlock the Vault
Law Reform to ensure proactive disclosure of “Public Interest” Records Submitted to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, on behalf of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
Lower Coquitlam River Watershed Plan: Tools for Healthy Watersheds and Healthy Humans
This report provides information on legal tools that can assist the Cities of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam in achieving the objectives outlined in the Lower Coquitlam River Watershed Plan and to provide an outline of legal tools citizens can use…
Protecting Granby Valley Grizzly Bears
Report with recommendations prepared for the Friends and Residents of the North Fork that compares how laws in BC and the US protect grizzlies from road development.
Enhancing Public Access to Privately Owned Wild Lands
Memo on behalf of the Outdoor Recreation Council on the problems faced by citizens who want to pass through privately owned forests and wild areas. Prepared by ELC Intensive student Graham Litman and former ELC Articled Student Matt Hulse, under…
Tools for Local Governments and Communities to Protect Essential Ecosystems
Prepared for Saanich Action for the Environment (SAFE), the report Environmental Development Permit Areas: In Practice and in Caselaw, shows how local government can use its discretion to craft Environmental Development Permit Areas (EDPAs) tailored to its particular regions. Under…
