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ONTARIO'S ENVIRONMENT AND THE "COMMON SENSE REVOLUTION":
A Second Year Report
July 1997

The Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy released last week
its report providing a chronology and overview of the Ontario
government's activities between June 1996 and June 1997. The report
details the immediate and long-term environmental consequences of the
government's actions and includes a discussion of its most likely next
steps.

The 160-pages report entitled Ontario's Environment and the "Common
Sense Revolution": A Second Year Report is divided into chapters
covering: public participation in decision-making; regulatory reform and
standard setting; land-use; environmental assessment; environmental
science and monitoring; air; water; waste; energy; pesticides; forestry;
wildlife, wilderness and parks; non-renewable resources; mining;
transportation; and underground storage tanks, pressure vessels and
boilers.

The report concludes that as of the end of the Legislative session in
June, virtually every statute in the province dealing with the
environment or natural resources management had been amended to: reduce
environmental protection requirements; increase the discretion of
ministers and the cabinet; eliminate opportunities for public
participation in decision-making; permit the delegation of provincial
authority to the private sector; and shield the Crown from lawsuits
arising from damages caused by its repeal of environmental protection
requirements. At the same time, the budgets of environmental agencies
have undergone dramatic reductions.

The report is available from CIELAP for $20.00 + 15% S&H.

Founded in 1970, the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
is an independent, not-for-profit environmental law and policy research
and educational organization.

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For more information or copies of the Ontario's Environment and the
"Common Sense Revolution": A Second Year Report contact:

Jan Rabantek
Project Officer
Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
517 College Street, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario, M6G 4A2
Tel: (416) 923-3529
Fax: (416) 923-5949
E-mail: [log in to unmask]


Dennis Raphael, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Associate Professor
University of Toronto
Division of Community Health
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Behavioural Science
McMurrich Building, Room 101
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Tel: (416) 978-7567
Fax: (416) 978-2087
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]