Environmental assessment is an essential tool to maintain a healthy, secure and sustainable Canada.

Open letter to MPs regarding Bill C-45 (PDF; November 2012)

Background Q&A- How Bill C-45 weakens our environmental laws and democracy (PDF; November 2012)

West Coast Environmental Law Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources regarding Omnibus Bill C-45 (PDF; November 2012)

West Coast Environmental Law Submission to House of Commons Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development on Division 21 of Budget Bill C-45(PDF; November 2012)

West Coast Environmental Law Comments on Public Hearing and Confidentiality Procedures, New Prosperity Panel (PDF; September 2012)

West Coast Environmental Law Submission on CEAA Regulations August 2012 (PDF; August 2012)
ENGO submissions on CEAA 2012 Project List Regulations (August 2012)

Strong Environmental Laws Report Card on Bill C-38 and Supporting Legal Analysis (PDF; June 2012)

Top 10 Environmental Concerns of the 2012 Budget Bill (PDF; May 2012)  / French version Ce que signifie le projet de loi C38 pour l’environnement (PDF; May 2012)

What Would Remain? CEAA 2012 Analysis by Professor Robert B. Gibson (working draft) (PDF; May 2012)

West Coast Environmental Law's Myths and Realities on the 2012 Federal Budget (PDF; March 29, 2012)

A Checklist for Strong Environmental Laws (PDF; February 2012)

Assessing the Smaller Projects: An Essential Step Toward Sustainability (PDF; March 2012)

Canadian Environmental Law Association's Legal Analysis and Letter to the PM regarding the Standing Committee Report on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (March 2012)

Environmental Assessment, Overlap, Duplication, Harmonization, Equivalency, and Substitution: Interpretation, Misinterpretation, and a Path Forward, by Arlene Kwasniak, Journal of Environmental Law and Practice, October, 2009