| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| backgrounders
Since its reintroduction in February 2022, the bill Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act, also known as Bill S-5, has been carefully studied and reviewed; it first underwent a review by the Senate and is currently under review by the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, is announcing an investment of up to $271,000 from the Low Carbon Economy Fund to support the Town of Stephenville’s fuel-switching project.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
The Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced today that the Government of Canada is investing $2.1 million over three years to support projects to improve our knowledge and management of issues related to wildlife diseases.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, and the Honourable George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy for the Province of British Columbia, announced an investment of up to $910,000 to help the District of Kitimat develop a new compost facility to process food, yard and wood waste.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
An alternative measures agreement has been concluded between the Government of Canada and The Barclay Construction Group Inc. As a result of the agreement, the company has agreed to pay $175,000 to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund. The agreement, as recommended by the court, was entered into as an alternative to prosecution of charges that had been laid by Environment and Climate Change Canada enforcement officers under the Fisheries Act. The charges, which have since been stayed, were related to an incident where sediment-contaminated water was deposited into Lake Ontario.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| statements
Today, I welcome the 2022 Annual Report from the Net-Zero Advisory Body, which outlines advice and contains important information on the development of policies and practices on the path to net-zero emissions.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
Today, Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on behalf of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced $1.59 million to support 25 projects under the Lake Winnipeg Basin Program.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| media advisories
Media representatives are advised that Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, will be at the Red River Basin Land & Water International Summit Conference to announce an investment to protect Lake Winnipeg.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada
| news releases
On January 10, 2023, in the Provincial Court of British Columbia, Teck Metals Ltd. was ordered to pay a total of $2.2 million after earlier pleading guilty to two charges laid under the federal Fisheries Act and one charge laid under the provincial Environmental Management Act. The charges stem from a 2019 release of effluent into the Columbia River. The federal fine of $2 million will be directed to the Government of Canada’s Environmental Damages Fund. In relation to the provincial charges, Teck Metal Ltd. was ordered to pay a total fine of $200,000.
