| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, welcomed the Royal Assent of Bill C-226 – An Act Respecting the Development of a National Strategy to Assess, Prevent and Address Environmental Racism and to Advance Environmental Justice, which was introduced by Elizabeth May, Member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands, British Columbia.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced two new co-chairs of the Advisory Body: •Simon Donner, Climate Scientist and Professor, University of British Columbia •Sarah Houde, Chief Executive Officer, MileBox
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, during Pollinator Week, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced the Government of Canada is investing up to more than $623,000 in a variety of projects that aim to improve Monarch Butterfly and pollinator habitats in southern Ontario
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, today celebrates the new Inuvialuit-led conservation area in the Yukon
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | backgrounders
At the recommendation of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Government of Canada is taking steps to make an emergency order to address the imminent threats faced by the three most at-risk boreal caribou populations in Quebec, namely those in Val-d’Or, Charlevoix, and Pipmuacan. The populations in Val-d’Or and Charlevoix, with 9 and 30 individuals, respectively, live in enclosures year-round. The population in Val-d’Or has already crossed the threshold of quasi-extinction, and the one in Charlevoix is very close to reaching it. With less than 300 individuals, the Pipmuacan population could cross the threshold in around 10 years.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
Today, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced that the Government of Canada is initiating the process of making an emergency order to protect the habitat of the three most at-risk Boreal Caribou populations in Canada: the Val-d’Or, Charlevoix, and Pipmuacan populations.
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases
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 | backgrounders
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 | news releases
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).
