Month: July 2024

Toward a National Wildfire Strategy

Shamefully, Canada still does not have a national wildfire strategy. Provinces seem to believe that “buying more helicopter bombers”…

What could municipalities do to prevent drinking water contamination around Karst?

A risk of our municpalities’ own making Municipal councils were essential to create the “confluence risk” of drinking water contamination….

Seeking justice for water contamination through Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights

(Much of this article is AI generated and is a summary of legal and other public accessible texts. This…

Seeking justice for water contamination through Ontario’s Environmental Protection Act

(Much of this article is AI generated and is a summary of legal and other publicly accessible texts. This…

Defining “normal” farming practices – The Farm and Food Production Protection Act, 1998

The Farm & Food Protection Act offers a potential venue to protecting drinking water sources in Karst regions.  The…

Karst Geography, Residential Homes on Rural Severances and Industrial Agriculture: A Goal Conflict?

  In the region of Grey Bruce, the landscape is dotted with thousands of small rural residential properties, each one…