Ecojustice Victories 2006

US POWER PLANT HALTED: Stopped the controversial Sumas II power plant from being built on the Canada-US border with our hard-won precedent at the National Energy Board and subsequent victory at the Federal Court of Appeal, protecting British Columbians from thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gases and air pollution

PROTECTION FOR PARKS: Achieved a huge victory for Ontario’s 600 provincial parks and conservation reserves with the passing of the province’s first new parks act in 50 years. We made key submissions and recommendations to the new law that holds Ecological Integrity as its guiding principle – a key foundation that puts nature first and prevents the industrial development of protected areas.

PRISTINE WILDERNESS SPARED: Stopped a mining company from constructing a 160-kilometre road through the Taku watershed, one of North America’s largest areas of pristine wilderness

RADIOACTIVE INCINERATOR STOPPED: Championed the rights of a local residents group in their successful fight to halt controversial plans to burn radioactive waste at an incinerator in Brampton, Ontario

VICTORY FOR THE BIRDS: Succeeded in securing the release of a scathing investigation into the illegal destruction of 45, 000 migratory birds' nests in Ontario's forests each year as a result of clear cutting and industrial logging activity

LANDMARK DECISION HALTS MINING: Provided assistance to the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninywig First Nation to halt a mining company’s plans to exploit platinum deposits within the First Nation's territory – leading to a landmark Ontario Superior Court decision that companies must respect local interests and the rights of Aboriginal people

VICTORY FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH: Quashed a bid to build a controversial nuclear fuel processing facility in Port Hope, Ontario. One day after Sierra Legal made submissions concerning the safety risks of the project, the company withdrew its proposal.

ONTARIO POLLUTERS PAY: Bolstered pollution control in Ontario by successfully advocating for key improvements to Bill 133, the “Spills Bill.” The new legislation outlines tough new penalties for industrial polluters guilty of contaminating the province’s water resources.

VICTORIA SEWAGE VICTORY: After a decade of pressure, secured a hard-won commitment from the BC government to finally end the practice of dumping billions of litres of raw sewage into the ocean in Victoria, BC