The Canadian government needs to fix its position on NAFTA to avoid payouts costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, according to groups gathered on Parliament Hill today. “It is shocking that Canada’s current negotiating position will enshrine trade tribunals that can make decisions about the application of our environmental laws,” said David Snider, Vice-President of … Read more
East Coast Environmental Law, Sierra Club Canada Foundation and Ecojustice issued a statement in response to the Federal Court’s dismissal of Canada’s case challenging a landmark arbitral award brought under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Chapter 11 provision by an American corporation: “As Canada is renegotiating NAFTA and parliament is evaluating a Bill designed … Read more
On Saturday, April 21, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board announced it was granting permission for BP to begin exploratory drilling off Nova Scotia. “Coming as it did the day before Earth Day, a day set aside for all of us to come together to celebrate this fragile and magnificent planet and renew our continued … Read more
Sierra Club Canada Foundation celebrated the announcement that the Energy East pipeline project has been cancelled. The project, that would have sent 1.1 million barrels of oil per day from the tar sands 4,500 km across the country, traversing hundreds of waterways – including the mighty St. Lawrence – and the territories of indigenous people … Read more
Sierra Club Canada Foundation recognizes the positive steps Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland (University-Rosedale, Ont.) announced as part of the opening salvo in re-negotiating a North American free trade deal, including more transparency and consultation, her move to make NAFTA more progressive in general and in regard to the environment, indigenous, and gender rights, recognizing … Read more
The Sierra Club Canada Foundation – Quebec Chapter is calling on the Government of Canada to honour its obligations and prevent irreversible damage to wetlands due to the expansion of the Technoparc, Montreal’s industrial park. In a letter dated July 18, Sierra Club Quebec calls on Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) to meet our national and … Read more
The Sierra Club Canada Foundation is deeply alarmed with the recent announcement by the Government of Canada to consider allowing oil and gas activities in 80 per cent of the Laurentian Channel Marine Protected Area. National Program Director Gretchen Fitzgerald says, “It violates the spirit and the definition of what exactly a Marine Protected Area is … Read more
Sierra Club Canada Foundation is gratified to see changes recommended by the Report of the Consultation Panel on the Political Activities of Charities released May 4 and applauds Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr (Winnipeg South Centre, Man.) for acting immediately on the Consultation Panel’s recommendation to suspend political activity audits that placed the charitable status of certain groups at risk. “As an organisation … Read more
Sierra Club Canada Foundation is pleased to see a sustained commitment to green energy, transit, efficiency, building codes, and climate adaptation in the Liberal’s 2017 Budget. “We were looking for continued focus on shifting away from dangerous fossil fuels, and this will be occurring through a focus on renewables, efficiency, transit, re-training for people out of work … Read more
The Sierra Club Canada Foundation has gathered signatures from over 1,400 groups and individuals calling for the rejection of the new Corridor Resources licence and a moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In mid-December, the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board issued a new licence for oil and gas exploration … Read more
