AEL Advocacy Opposes Ontario’s Proposal to Issue New Licenses for Penned Dog Hunting

Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is proposing to allow the issuance and transfer of licenses for new Train and Trial...

Legal Status of Nonhuman Animals: A Property Problem with a Personhood Solution

Editor: Kirsten Marsh You have likely heard this before: Canada has some of the worst animal protection laws in the Western world....

Tackling Access to Justice in Animal and Environmental Law

The rule of law requires that ordinary people can access the justice system to enforce their rights [...] This is so in all areas of law,...

Urgent Action is Needed to Address the Environmental Impacts of Animal Agriculture in Ontario

Our new report offers a first-of-its-kind legislative review of select Canadian and international laws dealing with the environmental...

False Advertising: How to Combat “Greenwashing” and “Humane Washing”

Research Assistant: Veck C. The Problem Consumers drawn to labels such as “sustainable”, “humanely raised”, and “free range” may be...

Outnumbered: Calculating Logging Impacts on Canada’s Boreal Forest

Forests are the quiet warriors in the fight against climate change. Their ability to act as ‘carbon sinks’ and decrease the amount of...

Laws Around the World: Canada

Written for Advocates for Animals’ Laws About the World Series Though Canada has recently made incremental progress on animal protection...

Canada’s Progress Towards a Zero Plastic Future

In today’s world, plastic is an inescapable truth that sticks with us wherever we go. At the supermarket, inside our homes, and even at...

Bill 156: Silencing Activists in Ontario

On June 17, 2020, Bill 156, the Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act, was passed in Ontario. Bill 156 is a seemingly...

The Preservation of Migratory Birds: A Protection for People

Environmental laws can either directly or indirectly impact the wellbeing and health of people. In many instances, the connection is...

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