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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