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11 Apr 2019

Environmental groups, beekeepers give Canada’s pesticide regulator a failing grade on neonics

Posted By: Friends of the Earth Canada Comments Off on Environmental groups, beekeepers give Canada’s pesticide regulator a failing grade on neonics

Groups declare today’s risk assessment incomplete and out-of-step with leading jurisdictions, call on government to proceed with proposed ban without further delay OTTAWA – Environmental groups and beekeepers disagree with the final decisions of Canada’s pesticide regulatory agency assessing risks to pollinators from neonicotinoid insecticides. In the decisions, published today, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency concludes

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08 Apr 2019

Canadian Government Reneges on Promise to Create Independent Corporate Human Rights Watchdog 

Posted By: Friends of the Earth Canada Comments Off on Canadian Government Reneges on Promise to Create Independent Corporate Human Rights Watchdog 

For Immediate Release: April 8, 2019 The Government of Canada failed today to appoint an independent Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) with real powers to investigate abuses and redress the harm caused by Canadian companies operating abroad. Canadian companies operating overseas have been associated with widespread and egregious human rights abuses including forced labour, rape

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04 Apr 2019

THE CASE OF CHEVRON IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON: THE RULING OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA CLOSES THE DOORS TO END IMPUNITY

Posted By: Friends of the Earth Canada Comments Off on THE CASE OF CHEVRON IN THE ECUADORIAN AMAZON: THE RULING OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA CLOSES THE DOORS TO END IMPUNITY

The Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples´ Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and End Impunity regrets the ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the case of Chevron in the Ecuadorian Amazon, and reaffirms the urgent need to establish a UN Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights. The Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples´ Sovereignty,

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04 Apr 2019

Canadian Supreme Court denies justice to Indigenous Ecuadorians

Posted By: Friends of the Earth Canada Comments Off on Canadian Supreme Court denies justice to Indigenous Ecuadorians

On April 4th 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal in the historic case of the Indigenous people of Ecuador versus Chevron, which has become known as the “Amazonian Chernobyl” due to its devastating impact on the region. The Ecuadorian plaintiffs seek to enforce a judgment by Ecuador’s highest court ordering Chevron to

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30 Jan 2019

Crisis of Confidence in Canada’s Pesticide Police

Posted By: Friends of the Earth Canada Comments Off on Crisis of Confidence in Canada’s Pesticide Police

Note: you can read the French version of this release here. Need for urgent action by Minster of Health is key message to Parliamentarians (Ottawa) January 30, 2019 – Today, a team of environmental, health and legal experts are on Parliament Hill briefing Canadian Parliamentarians on why Canada needs an independent review of glyphosate.  Each

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14 Jan 2019

Health Canada rejects bid for an independent review of Roundup

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There is something wrong with Canada’s regulation of pesticides. A year and a half ago Friends of the Earth filed what’s called a Notice of Objection questioning Health Canada decision to re-register glyphosate for 15 years – glyphosate is a key component of Monsanto’s herbicide RoundUp.  As usual Health Canada investigated itself, concluded it was

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12 Dec 2018

Canada’s Minister of Health challenged to uphold independent science and ethical standards

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Minister asked to hold independent, transparent review of Canada’s most heavily used pesticide: glyphosate Media release: December 18, 2018 Environmental & health groups and individuals have sent an Open Letter to the Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor, challenging her to uphold independent science and ethical standards, as she promised to do when appointed Canada’s Minister of

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29 Nov 2018

Will the Canada Pension Plan and your retirement be hit by climate chaos? Or thrive by adapting its investment plan?

Posted By: Friends of the Earth Canada Comments Off on Will the Canada Pension Plan and your retirement be hit by climate chaos? Or thrive by adapting its investment plan?

We don’t have years to think about acting on climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report makes it clear we need action now! Even the US government report just released agrees urgent action is needed. Friends of the Earth is warning that if the CPPIB does not take immediate action, it will

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28 Nov 2018

Will the Canada Pension Plan be hit by climate chaos? Or thrive by adapting its investment plans?

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Toronto, Nov. 28, 2018: “The CPP Investment Board is currently misleading Canadians. It is not taking climate risk seriously. It must take immediate action and stop investing in fossil fuels” observed  John Bennett, Senior Policy Advisor, Friends of the Earth – Canada (FOE-C). If the CPPIB does not take immediate action warns Friends of the

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19 Nov 2018

Canada’s approval of pollinator-killing pesticide violates federal law

Posted By: Friends of the Earth Canada Comments Off on Canada’s approval of pollinator-killing pesticide violates federal law

Groups in court over neonicotinoid pesticide linked to declining pollinator populations   TORONTO — Environmental groups are in Federal Court today to protect pollinators from a harmful neonicotinoid pesticide, Thiamethoxam, by challenging the lax oversight of Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA). Lawyers from Ecojustice representing the David Suzuki Foundation, Friends of the Earth

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