Today, the Government of Canada delivered on its commitment to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and recognized that Canadians have a right to a healthy environment.
The amendments will enable the Government to respond effectively to new science, which is pointing to harms that were unanticipated in the past and to enable the use of new tools and sources of information that are now available to assess those risks. The amendments include:
The Government of Canada is proposing to recognize that every individual in Canada has a right to a healthy environment, and would recognize that the Government has a duty to protect that right when administering CEPA.
