Impact Stories

Over the summer of 2016, the Government of Canada has called for public input on the laws and processes that govern freshwater protection. Leaders across Canada’s freshwater community believe we can do much more to protect the health of Canada’s waters. West Coast Environmental Law Staff Lawyer Linda Nowlan says restoring the section of the Fisheries Act known […]

Update: support #Act4Fish. Protect and Consult: Restore habitat protections in Canada’s Fisheries Act. reposted from http://wcel.org/ Fish matter to Canadians.  Fish habitat, called the “bedrock” of fisheries by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), matters. And so the law to protect fish and their habitatreallymatters. Today WCEL launched Scaling up the Fisheries Act: Restoring Lost Protections and Introducing Modern

On Friday, for the first time in history, Federal ministerial mandate letters were made public. Among many directives, the mandate letters called on various ministers to: Immediately review Canada’s environmental assessment processes to provide robust oversight and thorough assessments.  Renew the federal government’s commitment to the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River and the lake Winnipeg Basin Act on recommendations

First posted at: http://www.raincommunitysolutions.ca/en/news/. Protecting Canada’s fresh waters should be on the next federal government’s agenda, whichever party wins on October 19. And curbing runoff pollution needs to be on the agenda. This is a key message in Federal leadership for our living waters (et en français), a call to action for the next government of Canada that

This is an excerpt of a piece written by Andrew Stegemann in the lead up to the 2014 Living Waters Rally.  Andrew has since left his position at MEC to work as an independent consultant.  He remains a senior advisor to Our Living Waters. From canoeing to backpacking, almost every single activity that MEC supports