Montreal, 8 November 2013—The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has submitted a request to the Government of Canada for further information in response to a letter from Canada concerning submission SEM-12-001 (BC Salmon Farms). In the BC Salmon Farms submission, the Submitters assert that Canada is failing to effectively enforce certain provisions of the federal Fisheries Act. In the letter, received on 7 October 2013, Canada...
November 8, 2013
Montreal, 28 October 2013—On 25 October 2013, the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) submitted to the CEC Council the draft factual record for submission SEM-04-005 (Coal-Fired Power Plants). The governments of Canada, Mexico and United States (the “Parties”) now have 45 business days to provide any comments regarding the accuracy of the draft factual record. The Secretariat...
October 28, 2013
Foundational document lays out the deep changes needed to keep North America’s grasslands productive and healthy for rural communities. Montreal, 23 October 2013—Healthy prairie grasslands support ranching—one of the world’s most sustainable forms of agriculture—and provide significant benefits for wildlife and rural economies. In North America, they are disappearing faster than any other lands and only concerted action among...
October 23, 2013
The CEC's Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) welcomes one and all to come to Washington, DC, on 17 and 18 October, to debate whether environmental cooperation across our borders has been successful or has fallen short over the last 20 years, and what future collaboration should look like. The debate will contribute to an official advice JPAC will draft to...
October 7, 2013
How well is North America dealing with trade and environment after 20 years of NAFTA? Montreal, 16 September 2013 — Since the call for comments was launched a few months ago, we've heard from indigenous groups, conservationists, anti-pollution activists, researchers, industry and more, on whether environmental cooperation across our borders has been successful or has fallen short over the last 20...
September 16, 2013
CEC advisory committee to mark 20th anniversary of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation with public meeting in Washington, DC. Montreal, 23 August 2013 — So far we’ve heard from you about a slew of environmental issues, including the need for more North American collaboration on climate change, erosion of coastal areas in the Gulf of Mexico, and reducing the...
August 23, 2013
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Georgina O’Farrill
Head, Communications, Outreach and Engagement
