2018 Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Annual Report

The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (“ECO”) released her office’s 2018 Annual Report, titled, “Back to Basics: Respecting the Public’s Voice on the Environment” on November 13, 2018.[1] The Report is published in four volumes, spanning 339 pages. Volume 1 reports on government ministries’ compliance with their obligations under the  Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993, S.O. 1992, c. 28 (“EBR”), the public’s’ use of the EBR processes, and provides an “EBR Report Card” rating ministries’ performance. The Report Card demonstrates that the 17 ministries subject to the EBR improved their compliance performance in 2017-18. Volume 2 addresses the limits of the Clean Water Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 22, which protects against pollution of municipal drinking water sources, but does not address drinking water taken from private wells. Volume 3 focuses on efforts to monitor Ontario’s species…

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