ELC founding member Alexander Pringle to be honoured with University of Alberta Alumni Honour Award 2013 Alumni Recognition Awards Alexander Pringle, an influential force in shaping the post-Charter statute of law on a...
Be sure to check the ELC website Staff Counsel members have been hard at work providing comments on proposed Alberta parks legislation, Bill C-9 (Jobs and Economic Growth Act), and the...
Current plans, even if implemented appear to aim to keep the species in a perpetually threatened and in a declining habitat, without a truly viable wild population in its former...
We should take gravity more seriously No, not the apple on the head gravity, rather the gravity of potential harms arising from human activities on the environment. Recent history has shown...
ELC Comments on Proposed Alberta Parks Legislation Click here to read the ELC's comments on proposed new parks legislation in Alberta. (pdf) ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE: The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has...
Environmental Rights: Bill C-469 moves forward By Adam Driedzic, Staff Counsel Federal Bill C-469, the Private Members’ proposal for a Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights, has passed second reading in the House...
Canadian government decides that your sewage doesn’t stink for up to 30 years from now Last week, the Canadian Press reported the results of a two-year long information request regarding a...
Bill C-311, riding on a wave of political apathy, represents a failure to take risks on real measures. Targets are the ends, but legislators need to be prepared to...
Cindy Chiasson on CBC's The Current this morning speaking about Bill C-9 (Budget Bill). Listen to the audio recording on the CBC's website. ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE: The Environmental Law Centre (ELC)...
Wondering what we've been up to? Check out the ELC's 2009 Annual Report. (PDF) ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTRE: The Environmental Law Centre (ELC) has been seeking strong and effective environmental laws since...
Aboriginal peoples and the future of water management in Alberta The Canadian Institute of Resources Law has an interesting conference coming up: Aboriginal Peoples and the Future of Water Management in...
Update on federal Environmental Bill of Rights On Thursday, May 6th, a private members’ bill, C-469, An Act to establish a Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights, will have its first hour...