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Government supports bill toward progress on environmental justice

| 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.


The Government of Canada names two new leads for the Net-Zero Advisory Body

| 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


Following the Government of Quebec’s failure, the federal government begins consultations on an emergency order to protect caribou

| 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.


Government of Canada takes action to further phase out mercury-containing lamps

| 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.


National strategy to protect nature in Canada unveiled alongside bill to ensure accountability

| 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).


1799334 ALBERTA LTD., carrying on business as OSY RENTALS LTD., fined $60,000 for illegally importing and possessing protected wildlife species

| Environment and Climate Change Canada | news releases

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).


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