ANNUAL REPORT 2018 15th Floor - 55 University Avenue Toronto, ON M5J 2H7 Tel: 416-960-2284, Fax: 416-960-9392 Toll-free: 1-844-755-1420 cela.ca twitter.com/CanEnvLawAssn facebook.com/CanadianEnvironmentalLawAssociation
CELA works toward protecting public health and the environment by seeking justice for those harmed by pollution or poor decision-making and by changing policies to prevent problems in the first place. Since 1970, CELA has used legal tools, undertaken groundbreaking research and advocated for increased environmental protection and to safeguard communities. As a specialty clinic funded by Legal Aid Ontario, our primary focus is on assisting low-income people and disadvantaged communities. When implementing our legal aid mandate, CELA’s strategic objectives are to: • hold governments and polluters legally accountable in relation to environmental harm or adverse effects upon public health and safety; • maintain and expand citizens’ environmental rights, and improve environmental equity; • seek proactive solutions including via the precautionary principle in order to reduce or avoid activities or exposures that may harm human or ecosystem health; and • ensure timely, effective cleanup of past or present pollution to achieve improvement in public health and environmental quality.
Message from the Executive Director
Welcome to CELA’s 2018 Annual Report! Once again it is a pleasure to provide highlights from our work during 2018 and reflect upon our work as one of Ontario’s specialty legal aid clinics. After another busy year we are more motivated than ever to advocate for the rights of low-income and vulnerable individuals and communities.
Our dedicated team represents clients from communities across Ontario in the courts and tribunals and using statutory tools to protect the environment. Alongside direct representation, we advocate positive reforms to Canada’s environmental laws and regulations and have an equally important mandate to reach the public about this work.
We are looking ahead and starting to plan a big 50th anniversary celebration in two years. As we do so, we also take time to honour and recall the support we enjoy from hundreds of friends and colleagues, most notably those who serve on our Board of Directors. This year we also mark the contribution of Board member, Margaret Casey, who steps down after many years of service to CELA. Henry Wong joined our Board this year and brings us very welcome and valuable expertise as our new Treasurer. For all these individuals, I would like to extend heartfelt thanks and ask you all to look ahead with us to celebrating CELA in 2020.
Our work is greatly extended every year and the office benefits from the enthusiasm and energy of students and young lawyers in the practice of environmental law. This year we were able to hire or continue to engage as contract counsel Kerrie Blaise, Rizwan Khan, Morten Siersbaek, and Monica Poremba, greatly expanding the capacity of our legal team. As ever, student volunteers come to us from university law schools and pro bono programs as well as paid fellowship opportunities. This summer we said farewell to our outgoing articling student Jessica Karban and outgoing Law Practice Placement Ria Harford (as well as congratulations to both for their call to the bar), and welcomed our new articling student Rashin Alizadeh.
We look ahead with enthusiasm to 2019 and for this year we are proud of our accomplishments and hope you enjoy reading about them.
Theresa McClenaghan Executive Director Follow me on Twitter @TheresaMcClenag
2 / Equity. Justice. Health and StatutoryTools Litigation, Hearings, casework during2018. available underenvironmentalstatutes.Herearesomehighlightsofour clients’ behalfinthecourtsandbeforeadministrativetribunalsuse tools lawyers totakeontheproponentsofoftenverylargeprojects.Weact our for betterdecisions.WerepresentclientsacrossOntariowhocannotafford participation inenvironmentaldecision-making.Wetestexistinglawsand push CELA’s coremandateistoprovideaccessjusticeandensurepublic
facility. CELAfiledan odours dischargedfrom anearbymanufacturing with theuseofresidential property,duetonoxious experienced materialdiscomfort, andinterference CELA representsanindividualwhohas
concerned about potential environmental impacts impacts environmental potential about concerned
represents a small citizens’ group that is is that group citizens’ small a represents
new or expanded quarries. For example, CELA CELA example, For quarries. expanded or new
engaged in land use planning disputes involving involving disputes planning use land in engaged
lawyers continue to represent community groups groups community represent to continue lawyers Across northern and southern Ontario, CELA CELA Ontario, southern and northern Across Noxious IndustrialOdours Clashes overQuarries HIGHLIGHTS
OF2018 Environmental Bill of Rights of Bill Environmental
under the facility’s non-compliance withitsairapproval by theEnvironmentMinistry toaddressthe matter, andaProvincial Officer’sOrderwasissued Application forInvestigationinrelationtothis
will also be filed with the LPAT. the with filed be also will
(LPAT), and it is anticipated that rezoning appeals appeals rezoning that anticipated is it and (LPAT),
was referred to the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Tribunal Appeal Planning Local the to referred was
in Tyendinaga Township. In 2018, the the 2018, In Township. Tyendinaga in
posed by an existing quarry and a proposed quarry quarry proposed a and quarry existing an by posed Resources Act Resources
Environmental Protection Act Protection Environmental
license for the proposed quarry quarry proposed the for license Aggregate Aggregate . “Without CELA we could Off-Site Movement of never have initiated or Landfill Leachate sustained the long For almost two decades, CELA has represented a residents’ battle necessary to group that has been involved in various court proceedings and prevent a massive administrative hearings regarding the closed Richmond Landfill landfill expansion on an near Napanee, Ontario. In 2015, CELA’s client won an appeal unsuitable site. The hearing held by the Environmental Review Tribunal, which ordered the landfill owner to conduct extensive investigations to Environmental Review determine how far landfill contaminants have moved off-site in Tribunal appeal the groundwater flow system. CELA is working closely with our confirmed a substantial client and its experts to ensure that the leachate plume is groundwater plume accurately delineated in accordance with the Tribunal’s order. emanating from the existing landfill. Challenging Stale-Dated Neighbouring residents Landfill Approvals are no longer unknowingly being CELA represents a residents’ group in Spencerville, Ontario, in relation to a proposed municipal landfill that received two exposed to a very real provincial approvals over 20 years ago, but was never built or health risk. We owe operated. For environmental protection reasons, CELA has taken CELA a huge debt of steps to seek the revocation of both outdated approvals. In gratitude.” addition, CELA represents the group in a public hearing before Ian Munro the Environment Review Tribunal with respect to an appeal by the Chair, Concerned Citizens municipality against the Environment Ministry’s recent decision to Committee of Tyendinaga and suspend the unused approval issued under the Environmental Environs Protection Act. Napanee Ontario
Court Determines EPA Scope Regarding Off-site Contamination
A recent Divisional Court decision clarifies the scope of preventative orders under section 18 of the Environmental Protection Act. The case involves appeals against a Director’s order requiring various parties to delineate contamination that had spread off-site. CELA intervened in the case on behalf of
3 / Lake Ontario Waterkeeper and itself to uphold the order. The
Equity. Justice. Health Court ruled that the Director had jurisdiction to issue the section 18 order even though the named parties had not caused the initial discharge. One party has sought leave to appeal the decision to the Ontario Court of Appeal, and CELA will continue to be involved. 4 / Equity. Justice. Health
system (where weworkedwiththe community persistent non-repair ofacommunal sewage contamination ofamobile homeparkduetothe year weaddressedissues suchas:the province. Widelyvariedand alwaysinteresting,this to twohoursofstafftime) topeopleacrossthe (i.e., legaladviceorothertasksthatmighttake up Every dayourlegalteamprovidessummaryadvice
Awareness, CELA also filed multiple requests for for requests multiple filed also CELA Awareness,
Greenpeace, Northwatch and Durham Nuclear Nuclear Durham and Northwatch Greenpeace,
about 4.5 million Ontario residents. Joined by by Joined residents. Ontario million 4.5 about
nuclear generation station, located within 50 km of of km 50 within located station, generation nuclear
the regulator to relicense the aging Pickering Pickering aging the relicense to regulator the
contrary to the the to contrary
CELA argued that it would be inherently risky and and risky inherently be would it that argued CELA At the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Commission, Safety Nuclear Canadian the At Summary AdviceonCountless Issues 10-Year Licence Operation ofAgingNuclearReactorApprovedwith Raw SewageinOntario'sPorcupineLake Serving ClientsinNorthernOntario
sewage bypassintoPorcupineLake.Weare River Watershedonalongstandingissueof CELA workswiththeFriendsofPorcupine
related to air, water, land, environmental and and environmental land, water, air, to related
non-profits on existing and emerging issues issues emerging and existing on non-profits
Ontario. We are collaborating with residents and and residents with collaborating are We Ontario.
historically underserved communities in northern northern in communities underserved historically
expands client services, increasing our reach in in reach our increasing services, client expands
In a pilot project launched this year, CELA CELA year, this launched project pilot a In
Nuclear and Safety Control Act Act Control Safety and Nuclear for for
recognize citizenexpertise. of Timminstoformalizepublicengagementand seeking apublicliaisoncommitteewiththeCity
in Sault Ste. Marie. Ste. Sault in
Clinic’s generous offer of part-time office space space office part-time of offer generous Clinic’s
also accepted the Algoma Community Legal Legal Community Algoma the accepted also
connecting with northern legal clinics. She has has She clinics. legal northern with connecting
Kerrie Blaise takes the lead on this project and in in and project this on lead the takes Blaise Kerrie human health. CELA counsel counsel CELA health. human
schools, and manymore. the LocalPlanningAppeal Tribunal;asbestosin housing; appealsofzoning by-lawamendmentsto private/Crown land;environmental sensitivityin among neighbouringland uses;treecuttingon diverse nuisance,noxiousodoursandnoiseissues legal aidclinic,ACTO,andClinicResourceOffice);
anticipated until December 2018. 2018. December until anticipated
which may include conditions for operating, are not not are operating, for conditions include may which
allowed a 10-year licence renewal, its reasons, reasons, its renewal, licence 10-year a allowed
environmental assessment. While the CNSC CNSC the While assessment. environmental
decommissioning plan be subject to a federal federal a to subject be plan decommissioning
extended to 50 km, and the plant's plant's the and km, 50 to extended
emergency response and awareness programs be be programs awareness and response emergency Commission rulings requesting that nuclear nuclear that requesting rulings Commission
Law Reform
CELA is at the forefront of legal research and advocacy to protect the environment and human health. Our law reform work encompasses consultation about policy, detailed legislative and regulatory drafting, and the finer points of implementing laws and regulations. We often lead law reform campaigns in collaboration with other organizations and legal aid clinics. In addition, CELA’s legal team also provides expert advice on environmental law in multiple arenas, including as public appointees on several advisory bodies at the federal and provincial levels.
Green Budget Coalition Recommendations for Budget 2019
The Green Budget Coalition (GBC) brings commitments to sustainable together 21 of Canada’s leading agriculture, ensuring 21st century environmental and conservation management of freshwater organizations to make annual protection, and conserving the 5 / recommendations about green biodiversity and health of our oceans. Equity. Justice. Health investments in the federal budget. Numerous complementary recom- Featured recommendations this year mendations addressed climate include tackling toxics and pesticides, change, environmental science, phasing out fossil fuel subsidies and plastics, First Nations drinking water non-tax support, delivering on Canada’s and more. 6 / Equity. Justice. Health
Healthy GreatLakes–ProgramFundingRenewed Pollinators andNeonics RentSafe
the Pest Management Regulatory Agency to to Agency Regulatory Management Pest the
of the three most heavily used neonics have led led have neonics used heavily most three the of
innovative and expanding network includes inter- includes network expanding and innovative
regulatory decision-making. Risk assessments assessments Risk decision-making. regulatory
service providers to find solutions. This This solutions. find to providers service
of pollinators is finally influencing Canadian Canadian influencing finally is pollinators of
are creating practical resources for tenants and and tenants for resources practical creating are
neonicotinoid pesticides to the worldwide decline decline worldwide the to pesticides neonicotinoid
achieve healthy housing and health equity. We We equity. health and housing healthy achieve
The vast amount of scientific evidence linking linking evidence scientific of amount vast The
policy and practice across multiple sectors to to sectors multiple across practice and policy
baseline research that supports changes in in changes supports that research baseline
collaboration continues to build on detailed detailed on build to continues collaboration
inadequate and unhealthy housing. The RentSafe RentSafe The housing. unhealthy and inadequate
physical and mental health consequences of of consequences health mental and physical
Low-income people disproportionately face face disproportionately people Low-income
expands CELA’s capacity to respond to to respond to capacity CELA’s expands
communities. The Healthy Great Lakes program program Lakes Great Healthy The communities.
hosted WaterScape workshops in six Ontario Ontario six in workshops WaterScape hosted
assistance from eleven local organizations, we we organizations, local eleven from assistance
Headwaters Institute, and with invaluable invaluable with and Institute, Headwaters
Environment Network and the Ontario Ontario the and Network Environment
policy issues. In collaboration with the Ontario Ontario the with collaboration In issues. policy
diverse individuals and organizations on water water on organizations and individuals diverse
workshops and webinars this year, we engaged engaged we year, this webinars and workshops
Lakes program funding to June 2020! In In 2020! June to funding program Lakes
Mott Foundation renewed CELA’s Healthy Great Great Healthy CELA’s renewed Foundation Mott
We are excited to report that the Charles Stewart Stewart Charles the that report to excited are We
a full ban on these pesticides. these on ban full a
work collaboratively with other ENGOs to call for for call to ENGOs other with collaboratively work
European policy measures to address radon. radon. address to measures policy European
year phase-out schedule. CELA continues to to continues CELA schedule. phase-out year
and an environmental scan of Canadian and and Canadian of scan environmental an and
proposal for Canada is an overly generous multi- generous overly an is Canada for proposal
Canadian regulation of pesticides used indoors indoors used pesticides of regulation Canadian
case in the European Union this year. The The year. this Union European the in case
work this year included a detailed review of the the of review detailed a included year this work
recommend a ban on most uses, as will be the the be will as uses, most on ban a recommend
working on housing issues. Complementary Complementary issues. housing on working
continue to share results with clinic colleagues colleagues clinic with results share to continue
experience of housing-related inequities. We We inequities. housing-related of experience
housing providers, and those with lived lived with those and providers, housing
health, social service organizations, legal clinics, clinics, legal organizations, service social health,
sectoral partners across public and clinical clinical and public across partners sectoral
about endocrine disrupting chemicals. chemicals. disrupting endocrine about
chemicals in the basin, we hosted two webinars webinars two hosted we basin, the in chemicals
for binational dialogue to eliminate toxic toxic eliminate to dialogue binational for
Free Great Lakes Network, established this year year this established Network, Lakes Great Free
E.coli standards for beaches. With the Toxics Toxics the With beaches. for standards E.coli
Greenbelt, plastics, mercury, radionuclides and and radionuclides mercury, plastics, Greenbelt,
watershed planning, potentially growing the the growing potentially planning, watershed
including Great Lakes water diversions, diversions, water Lakes Great including
we commented on wide ranging matters, matters, ranging wide on commented we
needs of disadvantaged communities. This year, year, This communities. disadvantaged of needs
policy through an equity lens to address the the address to lens equity an through policy consultations and to champion improved water water improved champion to and consultations Giving a Voice to Vulnerable Communities When Addressing Climate Change
While we oppose the Ontario government’s must use multiple approaches to address this decision to end the cap-and-trade program, we complex problem including putting a price on made recommendations for a new climate change greenhouse gas emissions and ensuring that mitigation and adaptation plan and sought policies do not disproportionately impact low- enforceable greenhouse gas reduction targets, income or vulnerable populations. As a founding transparent and frequent progress reports, and member of the Low-Income Energy Network programs to assist low-income and vulnerable (LIEN), CELA has worked hard this year to bring communities in transitioning to a low-carbon the perspective of LIEN members and constituents economy and dealing with the impacts of climate with lived experience of energy poverty to change. We have long argued that governments consultations about addressing climate change.
Toward a Zero Plastic Waste Canada
Plastic pollution of the oceans and large freshwater promote innovation in design and recyclability to bodies like the Great Lakes is an international crisis. advance plastic reduction and reuse, require strong With less than eleven per cent of plastics recycled in Extended Producer Responsibility, respond to plastic Canada, it is long overdue for strong government contamination (including toxicity) in the environment, action. CELA joined 43 signatory organizations in and more. We also called for consistent definitions, signing a declaration calling for aggressive policies standards and protocols for achieving a circular to eliminate and reduce plastics and toxic economy, resource recovery, declaring single-use substances used in the production of plastics that plastics as toxic under the Canadian Environmental undermine recycling, establish and harmonize Protection Act, and an effective global treaty strong targets for recycling, invest in measures to containing ambitious targets. 7 / Equity. Justice. Health 8 / Equity. Justice. Health
Environmental ProtectioninTradeAgreements Act Assessment Impact Federal EALawRevisedinProposed Asbestos BanaCanadianMilestone
continue, CELA celebrated removal of ISDS (the (the ISDS of removal celebrated CELA continue,
the Mercosur and Pacific Alliance countries countries Alliance Pacific and Mercosur the
(ISDS) provisions. While trade negotiations with with negotiations trade While provisions. (ISDS)
undemocratic investor-state dispute settlement settlement dispute investor-state undemocratic asbestos such as promoting greater right-to- greater promoting as such asbestos
domestic environmental laws or to include include to or laws environmental domestic so. There is still work ahead to address legacy legacy address to ahead work still is There so.
agreements to compromise enforcement of of enforcement compromise to agreements has banned asbestos, one of 60 countries to do do to countries 60 of one asbestos, banned has
Impact Assessment Act Assessment Impact
agreements. We reject the ability of trade trade of ability the reject We agreements. asbestos-related diseases and illnesses, Canada Canada illnesses, and diseases asbestos-related
flaws in Bill C-69. In our view, the proposed proposed the view, our In C-69. Bill in flaws
of regional, bilateral and multilateral trade trade multilateral and bilateral regional, of In response to the growing epidemic of of epidemic growing the to response In
raised various concerns about the fundamental fundamental the about concerns various raised
strength of domestic environmental law in light light in law environmental domestic of strength
Environment and Sustainable Development we we Development Sustainable and Environment
CELA continues to advocate for the integrity and and integrity the for advocate to continues CELA
witness before the Standing Committee on on Committee Standing the before witness
environmental laws. In publications and as a a as and publications In laws. environmental
replace the the replace
If enacted, federal Bill C-69 would repeal and and repeal would C-69 Bill federal enacted, If
Assessment Act Assessment
Canadian Environmental Environmental Canadian
, 2012 and amend several other other several amend and 2012 , is substantially similar similar substantially is
(Bill C-69)
point for future trade agreement negotiations. negotiations. agreement trade future for point
the removal of ISDS can serve as a jumping off off jumping a as serve can ISDS of removal the
experts in celebrating this new regulation. regulation. new this celebrating in experts
States multinational corporation, but but corporation, multinational States
diverse civil society colleagues and asbestos asbestos and colleagues society civil diverse
unlimited monetary damage award to a United United a to award damage monetary unlimited
Nevertheless, although long overdue, we joined joined we overdue, long although Nevertheless,
and environment, without the risk of an an of risk the without environment, and
federal assessment process. process. assessment federal
uses permitted under the new regulations. regulations. new the under permitted uses
decisions can be made to protect human health health human protect to made be can decisions
ensure robust, science-based decisions in the the in decisions science-based robust, ensure
know, and resolving ongoing exclusions and and exclusions ongoing resolving and know,
removal of ISDS in the USMCA not only means means only not USMCA the in ISDS of removal
facilitate meaningful public participation, or or participation, public meaningful facilitate
Mexico-Canada (USMCA) agreement. The The agreement. (USMCA) Mexico-Canada
restore public trust, enhance accountability, accountability, enhance trust, public restore
arbitration provisions in NAFTA) in the new US- new the in NAFTA) in provisions arbitration
federal government’s promise to to promise government’s federal
controversial Chapter 11 investor-state investor-state 11 Chapter controversial
made to Bill C-69, the new law will not fulfil the the fulfil not will law new the C-69, Bill to made
Parliament. Unless significant changes are are changes significant Unless Parliament.
requires key amendments before it is passed by by passed is it before amendments key requires to the widely discredited CEAA 2012, and and 2012, CEAA discredited widely the to ”The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has partnered with CELA for close to a decade in the critically important work of environmental, toxic chemical and workplace exposure issues. CELA has been instrumental in providing guidance and leadership (and support) with researchers, healthcare providers, worker The Need to representatives and government Modernize CEPA officials. Their staff’s The Canadian Environmental Protection Act professionalism and expertise (CEPA) is meant to ensure environment and has proved vitally important to health protection from toxic chemicals, be they the environmental, reduction of in consumer products, found mainly indoors, or toxic chemicals and vulnerable detected in the outdoor environment. The population exposure work of the federal Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development initiated the latest partnering participants.“ mandatory review of CEPA in 2016 resulting in Laura Lozanski 87 recommendations for amending CEPA. This Occupational Health and Safety Officer year, the federal government response put off Canadian Association of CEPA changes to a future parliamentary University Teachers session. In seeking faster action, CELA drafted CEPA amendments, supported by over 30 organizations, to address endocrine disrupting substances, enforceable national ambient air quality standards, protection of vulnerable populations, substitution of safer alternatives, and civil enforcement of CEPA by the public in the courts. 9 / Equity. Justice. Health 10 / Equity. Justice. Health
and CommunityOutreach Legal Education Public
materials. Translation services provided by Legal Legal by provided services Translation materials.
releases using the site to chronicle our public public our chronicle to site the using releases
diverse publications, blog posts and media media and posts blog publications, diverse
had over 65,000 visitors this year. We added added We year. this visitors 65,000 over had
Among CELA’s communications tools, the website website the tools, communications CELA’s Among
content and is forwarded to the Your Legal Rights Rights Legal Your the to forwarded is and content
subscribers promotes our activities and web web and activities our promotes subscribers The CELA e-Bulletin, with nearly 2200 2200 nearly with e-Bulletin, CELA The ranging topics. aid clinics),toprivatebarlawyersandprofessionalassociationsonwide- citizens, citizens’groupsandserviceproviders(includingstaffinother legal During 2018,CELAstaffreachedmanyaudiences,rangingfromindividual Monthly e-BulletinandSocial Media CELA Online twitter.com/CanEnvLawAssn andtwitter.com/@TheresaMcClenag
facebook.com/CanadianEnvironmentalLawAssociation
media continues to grow. to continues media
Education Ontario (CLEO). Our presence on social social on presence Our (CLEO). Ontario Education
email list maintained by Community Legal Legal Community by maintained list email
anticipated for early 2019. early for anticipated
design work progresses on a new website, website, new a on progresses work design
in French and other languages. Scoping and and Scoping languages. other and French in Aid Ontario enabled access to summary materials materials summary to access enabled Ontario Aid 11 / Equity. Justice. Health The old McIntrye mine in Timmins, Ontario. Through funding from the Donner Civic Leadership Through funding from the Donner legal education Fund Fellowships, CELA held public Bay in collaboration sessions in Timmins and Thunder and the Friends of the with local partners, EcoSuperior learned about Porcupine River Watershed. Participants legal tools available to assess and confront local environmental challenges. , which , a 2014 text she
Annotated Guide to the
Ontario Water Law
Canadian Environmental Law Reports Legal education – education Legal Writing, Blogging, Public Editing, Webinars and Speaking Canadian Environmental Protection Act Lawyers from CELA once again participated in the Environmental Law Toolkit Workshop, which educates environmental nonprofits about the legal tools available to protect our air, water, land, and human health. The workshop is hosted by the Sustainability Network, and supported by CELA, Ecojustice and the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation. co-authored with environmental lawyer co-authored with environmental consulted Julie Abouchar. In addition to being CELA’s for their opinions by the media, student lawyers, paralegals and articling on a participate in speaking opportunities town wide range of topics at public events, hall meetings, educational institutions, workshops or via webinars. CELA’s website hosts an increasing number CELA’s website blogs on important topics. of staff and guest to serve as editors of Our lawyers continue the he updates several times a year. CELA he updates several times a year. Executive Director Theresa McClenaghan updates a case reporting series published by a case reporting Counsel Joe Castrilli is the Carswell. CELA author of the
12 / Equity. Justice. Health available upon request. request. upon available
6,2 ,8 4,2 1,3 279, 211,738 141,425 3,085 Net Assets 67,228 127 Current Liabilities Current Assets flow for the year in question, the condensed financial statements should be read in light of the relevant audited financial sta financial audited relevant the of light in read be should statements financial condensed the question, in year the for flow
their report dated June 25, 2018. To obtain a better understanding of the organization’s financial position and the results of of results the and position financial organization’s the of understanding better a obtain To 2018. 25, June dated report their
accordance with the Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and who expressed an unqualified opinion on these financial financial these on opinion unqualified an expressed who and standards auditing accepted generally Canadian the with accordance
Environmental Law Association as at June 25, 2018. Audited financial statements were prepared by Chaplin and Co. Chartered Acco Chartered Co. and Chaplin by prepared were statements financial Audited 2018. 25, June at as Association Law Environmental This information is a condensed financial statement consistent with and derived from the audited financial statements of the Ca the of statements financial audited the from derived and with consistent statement financial condensed a is information This u oOhr 3,9 6072,1 21,710 36,097 3,085 44,794 $ 212,623 39,044 $ 133,512 7,913 741 3,085 $ 133,512 500 3,825 36,097 $ 500 31,131 $ 124,403 62,729 Due toOther Due toClinic 62,729 Deferred revenue[note4] liabilities Accounts payableandaccrued 3,825 500 Capital assets(note3) Clinics ofOntarioInc.(note2) Speciality CommunityLegal Investment inCo-opearativeof Term depositdueoveroneyear rpi xess2,5 03817,728 21,710 20,358 36,097 16,672 62,383 36,097 3,085 46,130 418,081 $ 9,004 447,050 $ 222,204 315,628 8 $ 156,948 130,223 20,358 $ 34,341 1,199 37,118 $ 3,085 119,730 Prepaid expenses 2,877 Due fromLitigationandOther Due fromClinic GST recoverable Grants andaccountsreceivable Term depositduewithinoneyear Cash Audited FinancialStatements2017-2018 L ’Association canadiennedudroitdel’environnement ’Association L Canadian EnvironmentalLawAssociation/ 892$2991$4779$7672$822,748 $ 776,722 $ 457,799 $ 249,961 $ 68,962 $ 822,748 $ 776,722 $ 457,799 $ 249,961 $ 68,962 $ lncLtgto OtherMarch31 Litigation Clinic udFn ud21 07 2017 2018 Fund Fund Fund 467299135007968758,778 709,668 395,070 249,961 64,637 ,3 4,7 1,7 6,8 543,621 564,984 316,374 246,876 1,734
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statements in in statements untants in in untants 13 / Equity. Justice. Health
543,621 $ 202 110,941 2,706 47,743 1,923 1,278,298 3,621 432,680 37,588 10, 113 15,761 110,068 76,493 3,936 4,440 15,518 13,423 $1,488,556 $1,508,019 11,451 12,542 7,970 7,716 140,933 86,952
13,254 11,483 (3,889) (3,700) 16,988 16,844 16,988 16,844 13,567 13,941 1,668,373 1,548,433 166,532 62,768 8 1,729,575 1,659,374 2,098 1,059 ,201 16,855 13,181 24,793 24,793 24,000
Fund Fund Fund 2018 2017 Clinic LitigationOther Year Ended March 31 Canadian Environmental Law Association/ Law Association/ Environmental Canadian L ’Association l’environnement de du droit canadienne Statement of Operations and Net Assets Net Assets and of Operations Statement
1,502,864 (3,889) 169,398
1,506,412 675 222,48 Revenue Legal Aid Ontario $1,488,556 $ $ Grants [note 4] 166,532 Interest and other income 868 675 31,163 3 Royalties indirect Legal Aid Ontario payments [note 5] 16,988 Expenses Amortization 2,098 Bad debts (recovery) (3,889) Communications, printing and distribution (note 6) 10,763 688 Contracted services 44,966 65,102 Equipment (note 6) 13,254 Great Lakes Peoples Summit 37,588 Indirect payments 16,988 Library purchases (note 6) 15,518 Occupancy (note 6) 140,933 Office and General (note 6) 7,484 2,629 Professional development 3,936 Professional dues 13,567 Professional fees 7,450 520 Salaries and benefits 1,216,253 55,670 1,27 Travel 9,654 7 Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses 3,548 4,564 53,090 61, Net assets (deficiency), beginning of year (1,814) 242,312 303,123 54 Contribution to Co-operative of Specialty Community Legal Clinics of Ontario Inc. (39,839) Net assets, end of year $ 1,734 $ 246,876 $ 316,374 $ 564,984 14 / Equity. Justice. Health Thank You! Fe deLeon Kathleen Cooper Carl Chu Joseph Castrilli Kerrie Blaise Rashin Alizadeh Dominic Ali Anna Lindgren-Tanga Jacynthe Ledoux Lisa Harris Ria Harford Lawrence Gunther Aaron Cressman Cassandra Carr Ian Arnold Julia Arnett Margaret Casey Lesley Cameron(Chair) Jackie Campbell Elizabeth Block Lauren Alcorn the manyorganizationsandindividualswecollaboratewitheachyear. appreciate theassistanceandgoodrelationshipsweenjoywithourclients get frommembersofourboarddirectorsandvolunteers.Wealso CELA isdeeplygratefulfortheworkofourdedicatedstaffandallhelpwe Volunteers, Students,Interns CELA Non-staff CELA Staff Board Members Theresa McClenaghan Michael Lucifora Anastasia Lintner Richard Lindgren Ajman Ladher Rizwan Khan Jessica Karban Alexandra Robertson Samantha Restoule Christina Persad Jeannie Pau Sarah Nixon Nina Nakajima Ryan McNamara Yvonne Mazurak Rime Luu John Jackson Isobel Heathcote Renee Griffin(President) Miriam Diamond Bruce Davidson a raftingtripontheGrandRiverinJuly. CELA staffandBoardmembersenjoyed Jacqueline Wilson Tracy Tucker Morten Siersbaek Danielle Rini Andrew Pickles Monica Poremba Ramani Nadarajah Lauren Wortsman Carissa Wong Sean Whiting Natalija Vojno Allison Turner Liam Tucker-Young Jessica Schissler Daniel Romm Henry Wong(Treasurer) Luke Wintjes Mona Sookram Graham Rempe Grace Patterson 15 / Equity. Justice. Health
and Sustainability Clinic Program Program Health Canada Law Foundation of Ontario Legal Aid Ontario Tides Foundation Freshwater Future Canada Future Canada Freshwater Act Alliance Protection Great Lakes Coalition Green Budget Green Prosperity Greenpeace Elimination Network International POPs LAWS Program Legal Aid Ontario Network Low Income Energy MiningWatch Canada Federation National Wildlife Network Ontario Environment Ontario Headwaters Institute Justice Osgoode Hall Law School’s Environmental Northwatch Prevent Cancer Now Recycling Council of Ontario RentSafe Swim Drink Fish Canada Toronto Cancer Prevention Coalition Toronto Environmental Alliance Toxics Free Great Lakes Pro Bono University of Toronto Law School of Geography University of Toronto Department School Pro Bono University of Western Ontario Law WaterLegacy Wilfrid Laurier University
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