More cities adopting stormwater fees: you pave, you pay
In 2011,  we wrote about the innovative stormwater fee adopted by Kitchener, Ontario, following English and American precedents. Instead of funding storm water management through fees for municipal water, which penalizes heavy water users such as laundries, these municipalities fund the cost of managing stormwater through taxes on those who create storm water management problems by having large...
Continue reading the post titled More cities adopting stormwater fees: you pave, you payThe Expanding World of Job-Protected Leaves: What’s Next?
Not too long ago, pregnancy and parental leaves were the only job-protected leaves under Ontario’s employment standards laws.1 Over the course of the last 12 years, new job-protected leaves have been added to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (the “ESA”)2 at an ever-increasing pace: Personal emergency leave (section 50.1) in 2001 Family medical leave (section 49.1)...
Continue reading the post titled The Expanding World of Job-Protected Leaves: What’s Next?What’s an employer to do when Infectious Disease Emergency Leave ends?
With over 78% of adults in Ontario having received at least their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, there is much talk about the economy starting to rebound and employees returning to in-person work. Just recently, CBC News and Global News reported that hiring intentions have hit an all-time high as pandemic restrictions start to...
Continue reading the post titled What’s an employer to do when Infectious Disease Emergency Leave ends?Information Commissioner asked to stop muzzling of government scientists
The Environmental Law Centre of the University of Victoria has written to Suzanne Legault, Information Commissioner of Canada, asking her, pursuant to s. 30(1)(f) of the Access to Information Act, to: investigate the federal government’s policies and actions to obstruct the right of the public and the media to speak to government scientists. “We request that you initiate an...
Continue reading the post titled Information Commissioner asked to stop muzzling of government scientistsAnti-wind litigation: is there an end in sight?
After nearly two years of vigorous anti-wind litigation in Ontario, anti-wind activists have failed to satisfy any court or tribunal that wind energy development in accordance with government standards will cause serious harm. Many wind projects have been approved, and wind-based electrical generation is growing fast. However, the same concerns keep being raised, and we...
Continue reading the post titled Anti-wind litigation: is there an end in sight?What will Ontario do with WEEE?
Each year, Canadians spend millions on the latest electronic devices: digital cameras, laptops, televisions. In 2007, the average home computer was 2.5 years old, down from 2.7 only a year before. A quarter of computer owners replace their machines every year. And then what? Canadians send three-quarters of old electronics to landfill; that’s a lot...
Continue reading the post titled What will Ontario do with WEEE?Class Action for Harming Bees with Neonicotinoids
This is the first Canadian class action lawsuit filed for harm caused by Neonicotinoid pesticides, potentially responsible for the worldwide collapse of bee and other pollinator populations.
Continue reading the post titled Class Action for Harming Bees with NeonicotinoidsWant to watch climate change happening?
Now that even Exxon Mobil is calling for a carbon tax, why don't we have one?
Continue reading the post titled Want to watch climate change happening?Philippines calls for "emergency climate pathway"
In an impassioned speech at the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Kyoto Protocol, the Philippines’ chief negotiator, Yeb Sano, called on the parties to take immediate, drastic action to tackle the climate crisis. IISD VIDEO: Philippines delegate Naderev Saño COP19 Warsaw “We cannot sit and stay helpless staring at this international climate...
Continue reading the post titled Philippines calls for "emergency climate pathway"How do we understand the minds of others?
How does our brain allow us to understand the mind of others?
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