Lower mainland citizens living around Burrard Inlet may soon hear a lot more about their brewing sewage problems. With assistance from ELC student Keyvan Monsef, Ecojustice recently obtained two orders from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner directing >
Backgrounder for ELC Associates Program teleconference on Approaching Judicial Review (February 15, 2010)
Micah Carmody: On October 16, 2009, I had the pleasure of attending the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in Ottawa, Ontario for the hearing of MiningWatch Canada, et al. v. Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, et al. The issue before >
Backgrounder for Associates teleconference on Environmental Class Actions (June 9, 2008)
June 4 , 2007 VICTORIA – The Council of the Haida Nation (”Haida Nation”] and the ELC recently succeeded in a case opposing logging in the Deena watershed on Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands). ELC student Alison Luke represented the Haida >
June 2006 The Environmental Law Centre recently finished a project for Tsawwassen Residents Against Higher Voltage Overhead Lines (TRAHVOL), a citizens group opposed to the upgrading of high voltage electric lines through their backyards. The British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) >
July 11, 2005 On July 4 ELC student Elisabeth Gronnestad obtained intervenor status for the Sierra Club of Canada (BC Chapter) for an important Forest Appeals Commission hearing scheduled for September. The Sierra Club was permitted to address the issue >
May, 2004 In January, 2005 an ELC student represented the Sierra Club at the first major appeal interpreting the new defence of due diligence under the new Forest and Range Practices Act. This issue is quite significant because until recently >
ELC Student Obtains Intervenor Status At Forest Appeals Commission By: Cassandra May – Fall, 2004 The Environmental Law Centre Under the direction of our in-house counsel, an ELC student will be representing a client in an administrative hearing for the >