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Statement: Provinces Must Reject Premier Ford’s Call to Reverse EV Standards
Mar 20, 2026
Statement from Sam Hersh, Clean Transportation Program Manager Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Environmental Defence is calling on Premiers…Read More
Urgent reforms needed for Canada’s industrial carbon pricing to protect billions
Mar 19, 2026
Urgent fixes to Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems needed to protect billions in clean investment, avoid climate disasters Canada risks falling behind on climate…Read More
Ontario wants to build Highway 413 without completing a proper environmental review
Mar 18, 2026
Statement by Tim Gray, Executive Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat –…Read More
New Legal Opinion Confirms Ontario’s Slippery Slope Toward Water Privatization
Mar 13, 2026
Statement by Rebecca Kolarich, Water Program Manager Toronto | Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and the traditional…Read More
Environmental Defence Available for Comment on Conservation Authorities Changes
Mar 10, 2026
Statement By Phil Pothen, Counsel and Ontario Environment Program Manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee,…Read More
Statement on AB Government, Oil Companies’ Announcement of Tailings Cleanup Projects
Mar 06, 2026
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ALBERTA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (CAPE), INDIGENOUS CLIMATE ACTION, KEEPERS OF THE WATER Toronto | Treaty Lands…Read More
Statement: Alberta’s Budget Risks Leaving the Province Behind
Feb 26, 2026
Stephen Legault, Senior Manager for Alberta Energy Transition at Environmental Defence Canada, response to Premier Danielle Smith’s 2026 budget Canmore | Traditional territories of…Read More
ON Gov Must Reject Water-Taking Permits Threatening Waterloo Region’s Water Supply
Feb 25, 2026
Statement from Rebecca Kolarich, Program Manager, Water Toronto | Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and the traditional…Read More
$5 Billion Cut to Public Transit: Canadians Will Pay the Price
Feb 25, 2026
Montréal/Tiohtià:ke | Traditional, unceded lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka/Mohawk Nation, a gathering place for many First Nations, including the Anishinaabeg – While the Government of Canada…Read More
Statement: No Grand Bargain to be Made: Oil Lobby Firmly Rejects the AB-Canada MOU
Feb 23, 2026
It is time for Prime Minister Carney to accept the oil and gas industry for what they actually are, not how he wishes they…Read More