You are here: Home > Topics > Law

 Law

| Acts and Regulations | Codes of Practice | Compliance and Enforcement | Environmental Performance Agreements |
| Recent Enforcement Actions |
| Reporting | Voluntary Actions | See also... |

Glossary

> Acts and Regulations

• Environmental Acts and Regulations
• Additional amendments being considered for the Pulp & Paper Effluent Regulations and for the Port Alberni Pulp & Paper Effluent Regulations (pursuant to the Fisheries Act)
• CEPA Registry and Review
• Guide to the Antarctic Environmental Protection Act
• Management of Toxic Substances Web site
• Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994
• Migratory Birds Hunting Regulations, 2002 — Summaries
• Non-toxic shot links
• Pollution prevention: a federal strategy for action
• Solvent Degreasing Regulations
• Water Policy and Legislation (Freshwater website)
• Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA)
• Wildlife Laws, Regulations and Enforcement

> Codes of Practice

• CEPA Registry
• Environmental Code of Practice for Integrated Steel Mills
• Environmental Code of Practice for Non-Integrated Steel Mills

> Compliance and Enforcement

• Compliance and Enforcement Policy for the Habitat Protection and Pollution Prevention Provisions of the Fisheries Act
• Compliance and enforcement report: volume 1
• Enforcing Canada's Pollution Laws: the Government response to the Third Report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development
• Environment Law Enforcement Web Site
• Wildlife Law Enforcement Web Site

> Environmental Performance Agreements

• Environmental Performance Agreements Web site
• Policy Framework for Environmental Performance Agreements

> Recent Enforcement Actions

• Prosecutions under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) and the Fisheries Act (FA)

Canadian Environmental Protection Act

• First Jail Sentence Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act
• City of Trail Company Faces Federal Hazardous Waste Charges
• Handee Products and Its President Accused of Contravening to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
• Canadian Tire Pleads Guilty to Importing Ozone Depleting Substance
• Successful Enforcement Investigation Results in Court Fine Earmarked for Wildlife Protection
• Environmental Charges Laid in CFC Case
• A Québec Firm is Charged With Importing Hazardous Wastes Without a Permit
• Canadian Tire Convicted of Importing Ozone Depleting Substances
• Quebec Firm Accused of Illegally Disposing of Fish Waste
• Shell Canada Products Limited Pleads Guilty To Unlawfully Importing Gasoline With A Benzene Concentration Above Regulatory Limit And For Failing To Report These Imports
• Midland Company Fulfills Terms of Conditional Discharge
• SNAP-ON TOOLS convicted of illegally inporting CFCs - Fined $40,000
• Canadian Tire Corporation Charged With Environmental Offences for Importation of Products Containing an Ozone Depleting Substance
• St. John's Companies Charged with Ozone Depleting Substance Offences

Fisheries Act

• Guilty Plea in Pennask Creek Pollution Offenses - BC Ministry of Transportation Ordered to Pay More than $46,000
• Atlantic Utility Maintenance Incorporated Guilty of an Environmental Offence
• Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd. Pleads Guilty to Fisheries Act Violation for Chemical Spill
• International Graphite Inc. Convicted for Failing to Comply With the Fisheries Act
• Atlantic Utility Maintenance Inc, Christiansen and Greencorn Charged With Violations of the Fisheries Act
• Irving Pulp and Paper to Pay Penalty of $30,000 - Company Pleads Guilty to Charge Under the Fisheries Act
• Charges Laid in Connection with Symes Creek Pollution
• Successful Investigation Results in Guilty Plea and $19,000 Directed to Environmental Conservation
• Valleyfield Company Charged – Part of Fine is Reinvested in Environmental Benefit for the Region
• Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd. Charged with Fisheries Act Violations for Alleged Chemical Spill
• North Battleford Assessed $80,000 Penalty for Sewage Spills
• Fisheries Act Investigations Lead To $76,000 Fine for the District Of Kitimat
• Potato Grower Sentenced in Fish Kill Case
• Charges Laid in Connection With Pennask Creek Pollution
• Poultry Processor Fined for Pollution Violation
• Irving Pulp & Paper LTD. Faces Federal Environmental Charge
• Canadian Pacific Railways Charged With Violations of the Fisheries Act
• Cavendish Farms Pleads Guilty to Federal Environmental Charge
• City of North Battleford Charged Under Fisheries Act for Sewage Spills
• Successful Investigation Results in Guilty Plea and a $200,000 Financial Penalty
• Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. Pleads Guilty to Environmental Charges: Judge Orders Mill Upgrades
• Canadian Horizontal Drilling Ltd. Fined for Environmental Violations
• Mining Companies Charged with Pollution Offence and Failing to Comply with Direction
• Environmental Charges Laid In Fish Kill Case
• Abitibi Consolidated faces environmental charges from Environment Canada
• Teck Cominco Metals ltd. Sentenced for Polluting Nunavut's Environment
• Canadian 88 Found Guilty Of Violating Federal And Provincial Environmental Laws
• Dandy Dan's Fish Market Ltd. Charged With Violations of Federal Environmental and Fisheries Acts
• St. John's Company Pleads Guilty Regarding Jet Fuel Release
• City Of Winnipeg Charged Under Fisheries Act For Sewage Spill
• Crop Sprayer Sentenced For Polluting Saskatchewan's Environment
• Cavendish Farms Faces Federal Environmental Charges
• City of Dawson Sentenced For Toxic Sewage Discharge
• Canadian Horizontal Drilling Ltd. Faces Charges For Depositing Drilling Mud Into Gunderson Creek
• Crop Sprayers Plead Guilty to Federal Fisheries Act Violations
• Valley Hog Farm Pleads Guilty to Environmental Charges
• Teck Cominco Limited Charged with Violations of the Fisheries Act
• Local Construction Company Fined $4,700 for Failing to Comply With Court Order
• Hay Bay Genetics and Company Official Fined $35,000
• Interlake Acquisition and Its Operator Charged With Offences Under Pulp and Paper Regulations
• Hay Bay Genetics Convicted of Pollution Offences

Migratory Birds Convention Act

• Saskatchewan men fined $30,000 for wildlife violations
• Leduc Man Charged for Removing Geese From a Leduc Golf Course
• Two People Convicted of Hunting Migratory Birds in Closed Season
• Quebec Resident Fined $1250.00 for Migratory Bird Hunting Violations
• Saskatchewan Outfitter Arrested for Hunting Violations
• Four Americans Charged for Hunting Violations
• Three Men Sentenced for Illegal Migratory Bird Hunting
• Hunting Club Employee Charged with Illegal Baiting for Migratory Birds
• Baiting violations net fines and loss of hunting privileges
• Company fined for killing birds

Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA)

• Fall “Border Blitz” Results in Numerous Charges Under Fish and Wildlife Legislation
• Ontario Company Fined For Illegally Importing Traditional Chinese Medicines
• Lévis resident sentenced to $47,456 in fines for poaching activities involving the purchase, selling and illegal possession of black bear gall bladders
• Edmonton Man Pleads Guilty to Exporting Endangered Wildlife to the United States
• Couple Convicted for Illegally Importing Endangered Bird
• United States Citizen Convicted of Illegally Exporting Endangered Parrot
• Ontario Resident Fined $40,000 for Unlawful Possession and Export of Black Bear Gall Bladders
• Polish Airlines Employee Convicted for Illegally Importing Russian Sturgeon Caviar
• $2500 Penalty and Conviction for Illegally Exporting Orchid
• Local Orchid Nursery Fined For Illegal Orchid Importations
• Herb Depot Convicted and Fined For Illegally Importing Orchids
• More Charges Laid In Case Of Internet Sale Of Wild Animal Parts
• Charges Laid Following Search Warrants In Quebec That Resulted In the Seizure Of Endangered Animal Parts
• Parrot Importer Fined
• Charges Laid Following Search Warrants in Quebec and Ontario That Resulted in the Seizure of Endangered Animal Parts
• Search Warrant Results In Seizure of Endangered Animal Parts and a Prohibited Firearm
• Parrot Importer Gets $1,500.00 Fine
• Parrot Importer Gets $1,500 Fine

> Reporting

• 2000 annual report on the implementation of the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPPRIITA)
• 1998-1999 Canada Water Act Annual Report (Freshwater website)
• 1999 North American Annual Report on Environmental Enforcement - Canada's Section
• Compliance and enforcement report: volume 1

> Voluntary Actions

• ARET (Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics)
• State of the Environment

See also:

Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

Glossary of Terms

To see news releases or statements and speeches on this and other issues and topics, consult the News Releases and Statements and Speeches Pages.