Cape joins call to House Leader Rodriguez to place C-28 on the House agenda before World Environment Day

Civil society organizations are calling on the Canadian government to advance Bill C-28, the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act, to committee before World Environment Day on June 5, 2021. The signatories argue that the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) requires modernization to address evolved scientific understanding of risks and current toxic threats, noting that it has been over two decades since the act entered into force. The letter highlights a lack of progress on recommendations from a 2017 committee report and cites three separate public petitions—collectively gathering over 23,000 signatures—demanding action on CEPA modernization.

• Civil society organizations are requesting that Bill C-28 be placed on the House agenda for debate and reach a second reading vote by World Environment Day, June 5, 2021.
• The signatories argue that the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) is outdated because it has been more than 20 years since it entered into force, during which time scientific knowledge of risks and pollution sources have changed.
• There has been significant public pressure for CEPA modernization, evidenced by three petitions: e-1659 (11,109 signatures), e-2758 (8,437 signatures), and e-2877 (4,390 signatures).
• The organizations emphasize that a modernized CEPA is essential for a 'green and just recovery' following the COVID-19 pandemic.

APA

Bruce, I., Beeman, J., Helferty, A., de Leon, F., Page, D., Gray, T., Olivastri, B., Speranskaya, O., MacKinnon, B., Sears, M., & Barker, C. (2021). Cape joins call to House Leader Rodriguez to place C-28 on the House agenda before World Environment Day. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. https://cape.ca/cape-joins-call-to-house-leader-rodriquez-to-place-c-28-on-the-house-agenda-before-world-environment-day/

Chicago

Bruce, Ian, Jennifer Beeman, Anjali Helferty, Fe de Leon, Devon Page, Tim Gray, Beatrice Olivastri, et al. Cape joins call to House Leader Rodriguez to place C-28 on the House agenda before World Environment Day. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, 2021. https://cape.ca/cape-joins-call-to-house-leader-rodriquez-to-place-c-28-on-the-house-agenda-before-world-environment-day/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{bruce2021cape, author = {Bruce, Ian and Beeman, Jennifer and Helferty, Anjali and de Leon, Fe and Page, Devon and Gray, Tim and Olivastri, Beatrice and Speranskaya, Olga and MacKinnon, Barb and Sears, Meg and Barker, Cassie}, title = {{Cape joins call to House Leader Rodriguez to place C-28 on the House agenda before World Environment Day}}, publisher = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2021}, month = may, url = {https://cape.ca/cape-joins-call-to-house-leader-rodriquez-to-place-c-28-on-the-house-agenda-before-world-environment-day/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }