SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Bryan Hayes, Member of Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, today announced infrastructure investments totalling more than $16 million in Pukaskwa National [Read more]
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has issued a Public Notice announcing the Minister of the Environment’s decision regarding the environmental assessment of the Marathon Mine Platinum Groups and Copper Mine project. The copy of the Public Notice is available at: PN: [Read more]
Provincial Investment Ensures Research and Innovation will Continue Ontario and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) have signed an agreement to continue vital freshwater research at the Experimental Lakes Area — the only freshwater research facility of its kind in [Read more]
The New Ontario Government Makes Great Lakes Protection a Priority Ontario is re-introducing legislation today that, if passed, would ensure cleaner and healthier Great Lakes that are protected for future generations. The proposed Great Lakes Protection Act would provide new tools to restore and [Read more]
An access to information request filed by Greenpeace turned up a letter sent by the oil and gas industry to the Ministers of the Environment and Natural Resources in December of 2011 that helps explain much of the contentious content in the budget bills C-38, and C-45. The letter laid out [Read more]
McGuinty Government Approves Province’s First Source Protection Plan Ontario has approved the Lakehead Source Protection Plan to make the Thunder Bay area the first place in the province with a comprehensive source-to-tap drinking water protection plan. The plan was developed by the Lakehead [Read more]
OTTAWA, ON – First Nations are being asked to accept changes to Canada’s Environmental Assessment Act on faith alone according to MP, Carol Hughes. The MP contends that negotiations without an even application of appropriate notice highlight the government’s questionable commitment in [Read more]
