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Restoring the Balance
Nov 10, 2010 04:19 PM
Ecojustice calls on BC's mayors to recognize residents' rights to a healthy environment.
All Canadians deserve a clean and healthy environment, but sadly not all Canadians have the right to one.
In response to this imbalance, Ecojustice has released Restoring the Balance, a report detailing how British Columbia can join Ontario, Quebec, Yukon and Northwest Territories in establishing environmental rights for its citizens.
The report examines the growing global phenomena of recognizing environmental rights and highlights the recent trend towards municipal declarations of those rights. Restoring the Balance outlines a key step on the path to a greener future by offering a guide to making the right to a healthy environment an integral part of the human rights for all British Columbians.
The report was shared with 188 mayors in the province, as well as each Member of B.C.’s Legislative Assembly.
