If it maters to BC’s environment, we’re on it

We also continue to see demand for progressive tools and ideas for recognition of the rights of Indigenous communities to manage and safeguard their relationships with the environment in their territories and to respond to impacts from industrial pollution. [...] The submission generated significant interest and support from a variety of parties, including groups and officials across the border and the Ktunaxa Nation, which has called for a moratorium on assessments of new coal mines in the Elk Valley and, in a submission to the federal and provincial governments, mentioned support for the ELC’s inquiry request. [...] • After documenting evidence of harm to birds, we prepared submissions to the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainability requesting an investigation into the impacts of overhead transmissions lines on the Delta Causeway at Roberts Bank on bird mortality and arguing that failure to act may be contrary to the Species at Risk Act. [...] • Focusing the BC Conservation Officer Service, we prepared a public submission to the Special Legislative Committee on Reforming the Police Act and recommended the jurisdiction of the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner be extended to include Conservation Officer Service constables. [...] Environmental Justice The ELC advocates for the rights of participation, transparency, fair treatment, and meaningful involvement by Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities in the development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies, and for law reform to support access to information and equitable treatment under environmental laws.