ERST 3250H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Air Pollution Control Act, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Fisheries Law
16 Sep 2016
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Stages of environmental law: common law/ resource management law (1800"s- early 1900"s): Theories of liability, rights to sue, before this time people were coming to the government complaining about environmental issues, and the government created their own rights to sue. Fa: fisheries act (federal gov. has exclusive derestriction to pass fisheries law) still here. Ma: mining act still here in ontario. Cta: crowned timber act (provincial) does not exist anymore. Legislators across canada brought laws to protect specific areas of the. Owra: ontario water resources act (don"t put stuff into or next to water that might effect the water quality) still here. Apca: air pollution control act don"t discharge contaminants into the air that might cause adverse effects to people or the environment does not exist anymore put into the epa. Drawbacks of generation 2 was that only the air and surface water was being protected, not land, vegetation, wildlife, etc.
