| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and the Honourable Mark Holland, Minister of Health, announced the publication of the final Regulations Amending the Products Containing Mercury Regulations, which will prohibit the import and manufacture of the most common lamps containing mercury for general lighting purposes as of December 31, 2025.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| media advisories
Media representatives are advised that Environment and Climate Change Canada along with Health Canada will hold a media availability to answer questions on the current severe hot weather conditions forecasted for Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces this week.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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The 2030 Nature Strategy builds on existing initiatives in all regions and sectors across the country, recognizing that these efforts have not been and will not be enough on their own, as biodiversity continues to decline in Canada.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced the release of Canada’s 2030 Nature Strategy and introduced an Act respecting transparency and accountability in relation to certain commitments Canada has made under the Convention on Biological Diversity (the Nature Accountability Bill).
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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On June 11, 2024, at the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan, 1799334 ALBERTA LTD., carrying on business as OSY RENTALS LTD., was fined $60,000 after pleading guilty to two offences under the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA).
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| media advisories
Media representatives are advised that the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will hold a media availability to speak on Canada’s plan for nature.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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The Climate Action and Awareness Fund (CAAF) was created with an investment from the Environmental Damages Fund, largely as a result of the highest valued fine ever received by the program.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, announced that over $3.3 million from the Environmental Damages Fund’s Climate Action and Awareness Fund will be invested in nine projects in four provinces and territories across Canada.
