Victories Report

2014 Victories Report

Your ecojustice, your victories our thanks to you

Dear friend, Photo by Paul hamilton CC BY -S A 2.0 There are no victories without you!

No lawyers and scientists holding governments But you should also know that there’s more and corporations to account. No court orders work ahead. forcing recovery plans for endangered species. No special reviews to determine if government At all levels, Canadians are shut out of should ban or restrict toxic pesticides. environmental decision-making that affects the well-being of our families and our future. Without you, there is no environmental charity offering free legal and scientific expertise to You believe in our vision of an environment that Canadians all across this country in service to a is healthy, thriving and protected by effective, simple mission: to protect the air, water and land well-enforced laws. that sustains us and future generations. So savour these victories today. And know that That’s why we’re thankful for your support. your ongoing support will make tomorrow’s And that’s why our clients tell us that it would victories, and that vision, a reality. be impossible to achieve their goals without With sincere thanks and appreciation, Ecojustice and people like you.

Your commitment and passion to defending every Canadians’ right to a healthy environment moved many of the victories we’re about to share from an urgent phone call to a legal precedent.

On the following pages, you’ll find groundbreaking victories that belong to our staff, our clients and you. Devon Page, Cathy Wilkinson, executive director president and chair

Page 2 | ecojustice our people

Vancouver: Cathy Acuña, Jocelyn Anderson, Morgan Blakley, Shauna Blair, Katherine Bound, Megan Bradfield, Karen Campbell, Mythu Chung, Randy Christensen, Mark Dunphy, Sutton Eaves, Marion Greene, Kelly Hazlett, Valerie Hunter, John Keller, Leon Liberman, Janice Loomer Margolis, Carol McDonald, Sean Nixon, Devon Page, Jineane Payne, Elyse Pearson, Susan Pinkus, Tina Reale, Jazmin Rodrigues, Kimberly Shearon, Kim Sullivan, Dyna Tuytel, Maggie Valenzuela, Margot Venton, Vicki Vishniakoff.

Toronto: Justin Duncan, Sandra Gamboias, Pierre Hamilton, Charles Hatt, Albert Koehl, Anastasia Lintner, Elaine MacDonald, Andrew Male, Carleen McBean, Jessica Molnar, Jennifer O’Connor, Liat Podolsky, John Swaigen, Lara Tessaro, Ian Arnold, Kaitlyn Mitchell, Kirstin Mikadze.

Alberta: Barry Robinson, Cathy Arnault, Fraser Thomson, Melissa Gorrie.

Ottawa: Will Amos, Melanie Cousineau, Tanya Nayler, Celine Perret, Pierre Sadik, Carissa Wong.

ecojustice | Page 3 wildlife & wilderness

Protecting Canada’s rich natural legacy

Thanks to the support of donors like you, government for its chronic, unlawful delays in we’re able to celebrate another banner producing recovery strategies for our country’s year in our efforts to protect Canada’s endangered wildlife. endangered wildlife and ecosystems. The judgment marks the successful end to one of the biggest endangered species lawsuits in You empowered us to bring forward a series of Ecojustice history, in which we sought a court order legal challenges that ultimately forced the federal declaring that federal foot-dragging on species government to take the unprecedented step of protection is, in fact, unlawful. introducing an emergency protection order for Canada’s endangered Greater Sage-Grouse. At issue in this case were four species — the Pacific Humpback Whale, Nechako White Sturgeon, Marbled And not a moment too soon. Murrelet and Southern Mountain Caribou — all of which live along the proposed Northern Gateway The plight of the Sage-Grouse remains one of the pipeline and tanker route. When we filed this case most compelling cases for federal intervention in fall 2012, the recovery strategies for these species under the Species at Risk Act that we’ve have ever were all at least three years overdue. seen. Scientists say that without immediate, meaningful protection these iconic prairie birds In the final months and days leading up to our will disappear from Canada within the next decade. hearing date, the federal government rushed to Thanks to you, they may have a little more room to release a final recovery strategy for the Humpback breathe — and dance! Whales, and proposed recovery strategies for the Murrelet, Sturgeon and Caribou. That flurry of activity, You helped us score another huge legal victory government lawyers admitted during the hearing, was when the Federal Court chastised the Canadian prompted by our lawsuit — proof that Ecojustice’s Page 4 | ecojustice Legacy Gift strategic litigation model is making a big impact. Keeps Backed by the Court’s stern ruling, our work is forcing the federal government to — at long Passion Alive last — improve its efforts to protect Canada’s endangered wildlife. who we work for Anna Cathrall

Many victories take years to realize. We’re nna Cathrall was an adventurous spirit. especially grateful for the long-term support After graduating with an engineering and commitment of our monthly donors, whose A degree, she explored the landscapes of support makes the longest, toughest courtroom Australia, Madagascar, Malaysia and Ethiopia. wins possible. She immigrated to Canada with only 40 British — Sean Nixon, staff lawyer pounds in her pocket. Within weeks, she became one of the country’s few female computer Looking ahead: engineers when she landed a job at IBM. Saving Canada’s species When Anna retired to the Comox Valley, she put her energy into repairing Mother Earth Your unwavering support will ensure that we and rallying against the proposed Raven Coal are able to build on our recent successes. In Mine. She communed with streamkeeper and the coming months, we’ll be monitoring Greater naturalist groups, found delight in counting Sage-Grouse and Killer Whale recovery efforts to birds and grew an amazing garden. ensure that the gains made during our multi-year battle to secure their legal protection aren’t lost. Anna’s heroines and heroes were Quakers, Buddhist teachers and environmentalists like We’ll return to Federal Court this summer to seek David Suzuki. Here at Ecojustice, Anna’s life a court order to stop the transfer of farmed Atlantic is an inspiration. And we are thankful for her Salmon carrying harmful diseases and pathogens more than 23 years of support as a monthly into waters shared with wild fish, including Pacific donor. Anna, who passed away in November Salmon. As our work helped lead Justice Cohen to 2013, also left Ecojustice a generous bequest. conclude in his 2012 Cohen Commission report, we still need safeguards that limit decisions that put All who loved her will remember her passion for wild salmon at risk. the environment and her legacy gift will ensure that future“ ” Tell generations us what enjoy you a healthy think environment. — Margot Venton, staff lawyer $ Donate now ecojustice | Page 5

Keeping Canadians safe and healthy

Your contribution made history. duties to conduct these reviews. If they don’t, we’ll do what we promised: use the law to protect your For the first time in Canada, the federal government health and restore Canada’s environment. will review up to 383 pesticide products and decide whether to ban or restrict their use. In 2013, you also helped us protect a community’s groundwater supply in Wellington County, Ontario. Reducing our exposure to toxic chemicals will make Canada a healthier country and this victory You put us to work for Wellington Water Watchers is a nudge in the right direction. and the Council of Canadians over an issue about the Ontario government’s duty to protect But without you, and our lawsuit, there would be groundwater. Together, we appeared before the no nudge. Initially, the federal government refused Environmental Review Tribunal to challenge a deal our request to review these chemicals, already between Nestlé and the province. banned in Europe, many of which are known to pollute water or are harmful to your health. The deal would have allowed Nestlé to avoid mandatory drought restrictions on the amount So we turned to the courts, representing the David of groundwater it pumps and bottles from a local Suzuki Foundation and Equiterre in a lawsuit filed aquifer. It was a deal that put a corporation’s in August 2013. By December 31, the government interests above the public interest. quietly posted a decision to start most of the pesticide reviews we’d requested. Our clients said this deal only benefitted Nestlé, not the families and community that rely on the But the lawsuit isn’t over. It’s on hold while we see aquifer. They asked for our help, confident that a if Canada’s government will commit to its legal legal approach could work.

Page 6 | ecojustice They made the right choice. The Environmental Review Tribunal reviewed our submissions, decided the deal was inconsistent with the Ontario Water Resources Act and announced that it would hold a full hearing.

Shortly after that, Nestlé withdrew their appeal.

who we work for Equiterre Another victory made possible by you.

— Lara Tessaro and Will Amos, staff lawyers Sidney Ribaux Executive Director and Co-founder Looking ahead: ou put our lawyers and scientists to work Yfor Canadians. Challenging GMO approvals Your donations place legal expertise in the In December, you helped launch a legal hands of individuals and groups, our clients, challenge against the federal government, and devoted to environmental protection. Here is biotechnology company AquaBounty Canada Inc., Sidney Ribaux, co-founder and executive director over a decision to permit the manufacture of of Equiterre, on the value of your contribution. genetically modified salmon in Canada. “Although Equiterre is Quebec’s leading If approved for consumption in the U.S. or Canada, environmental group, we lack the financial this would be the world’s first genetically modified resources to engage in litigation as a means food animal. Given the serious environmental to move our issues forward. The critical role risks posed to wild salmon and their habitat, any of Ecojustice, and people like you, has been decision-making must be done in accordance with essential in forcing the federal government to the law, based on the best scientific knowledge, and review hundreds of pesticides dangerous to open to public debate. human health. Without Ecojustice’s legal and scientific expertise, Equiterre alone would not have Right now, it isn’t clear that’s happened. And your been able to win this critical victory. Ecojustice support is helping us and our clients, Ecology staff are professional, dedicated and understand Action Centre and Living Oceans Society, hold the the objectives that we pursue as a public interest federal government to account. group; this is a critical advantage that no other law“ ” firmTell could us whatprovide.” you think — Kaitlyn Mitchell and Tanya Nayler, staff lawyers $ Donate now ecojustice | Page 7

Fighting for a renewable future Photo by MAT HAMPSON | CC BY-SA 2.0

When it comes to risky pipeline projects the review hearings, underscoring the important that threaten our environment, we’re role you helped us play in ensuring that the Panel standing strong — and we’re not going considered the threats the Northern Gateway anywhere any time soon. pipeline poses to our water, air and land. That said, it’s our position that the Panel’s final While we were disappointed with the Joint Review report is both incomplete and flawed. And as Panel’s recommendation to approve Enbridge’s such it cannot stand as the final word on whether proposed Northern Gateway pipeline on the west Northern Gateway is in the national interest. coast and the National Energy Board’s approval of a plan to reverse the flow and capacity of The report is missing critical information, including Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline in Ontario and Quebec, a risk assessment of geohazards along the pipeline we aren’t throwing in the towel. route and a complete study on what happens to diluted bitumen when spilled in the marine Both projects have extensive conditions attached environment. We believe it also fails to meet legal to them. In the case of Northern Gateway, the Joint requirements under the Species at Risk Act, namely Review Panel’s report sets out 209 conditions considering the recently finalized Pacific Humpback Enbridge must satisfy — including developing a Whale recovery strategy. Without this information, marine mammal protection plan and continuing the Panel does not have enough evidence to research on heavy oil clean-up — if the pipeline is to support its conclusion that the pipeline will not go ahead. have significant adverse environmental impacts and should be approved. The listed conditions echo the environmental concerns we raised on behalf of our clients during From the moment the Northern Gateway pipeline was first proposed, concerned Canadians have agreed Page 8 | ecojustice that the pipeline’s fate must be based on the best available science. It’s a simple idea, but one that our decision-makers seem to have lost sight of.

That’s where you come in. With your support, we’ve filed a lawsuit in hopes of forcing the Panel to go back to the drawing board and fix its report.

who we work for Jim and Judy Deutsch Thanks to your generous support, we’re not backing down. After weathering a government- udy and Jim Deutsch say Ecojustice’s work backed smear campaign on environmental charities is highly effective. “There are innumerable and slogging through 18 gruelling months of review J environmental organizations, but we especially hearings, we’re standing tall. And commend Ecojustice for putting people back we think that’s a victory worth celebrating. into the environment.” — Barry Robinson, staff lawyer Psychoanalysts Judy and Jim are avid outdoor people who have supported Ecojustice since Looking ahead: 1998. Through their clinical work with children, they have seen that humans are capable of telling Defending Canada’s Arctic themselves that they can’t have everything and accepting limits. “But we also know that there are With your help, we’re challenging plans to drill very powerful and dangerous interest groups that for offshore oil in Canada’s Western Arctic. We’re representing WWF-Canada at regulatory hearings can bring an end to all life.” This affects how they before the National Energy Board and the Inuvialuit see efforts to tackle climate change. Environmental Impact Review board. Judy and Jim feel that human survival is The proposed project is located where extreme threatened by corporate and government inaction Arctic conditions and sensitive ecosystems on climate change. And they’re concerned present significant challenges. An offshore spill about the erosion of democratic processes in would pose catastrophic environmental risks to Canada. However, they believe we can fight back local wildlife and wilderness, which is why we’re using public education, citizen action and court working to ensure that potential environmental challenges. That’s why they support Ecojustice risks are adequately reviewed. with ongoing monthly gifts and as members of the“ ” ChampionsTell us Communitywhat you. think — Will Amos, staff lawyer $ Donate now ecojustice | Page 9

STATEMENT OF Financials OPERATIONS Fiscal year ended October 31, 2013

2013 2012 REVENUE Foundation grants 1,399,093 1,304,815 Cost awards and recoveries 35,783 126,180 Recoveries – University of Ottawa law clinic 280,000 200,000 Donations – Public appeals 1,784,735 1,781,945 – Other donations and bequests 1,414,839 1,283,340 Investment income 73,495 67,136 4,987,945 4,763,416 EXPENDITURES Amortization 45,327 51,047 Facilities and office 600,513 614,165 Fundraising 359,677 354,934 Human resources 93,502 105,498 Litigation and program support 146,705 156,154 Public education 183,780 206,281 Salaries and compensation 3,376,373 3,258,658 Science and research 7,033 18,273 Travel 89,225 94,122

4,902,135 4,859,132 EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES 85,810 (95,716) Net assets at beginning of year 2,626,528 2,722,244 Net assets at end of year 2,712,338 2,626,528

Ecojustice maintains internally restricted funds to safeguard the Society’s ability to continue as a going concern and to ensure the completion of current cases. The full audited financial statements are available on our website at ecojustice.ca.

Page 10 | ecojustice | CC BY -S A 2.0 Photo by Paul hamilton INDIVIDUALS Board of Directors: INDIVIDUALS60% Tricia Barry, Martha Butterfield, COST AWARDS60% 1% Mike Cormack, Deborah Curran, COST AWARDSOTHER 1% 1% Valerie Langer, Murray McCaig, BEQUESTSOTHER 4% 1% Judge William A. Newsom, BEQUESTS 4% Ronald Pearson, Doug Rae, FOUNDATIONS Madeleine Redfern, Will Roush, FOUNDATIONS34% Stuart Rush, Q.C., Leonard Schein, Sources 34% Trip Van Noppen, Cathy Wilkinson. OFSources SUPPORT Honorary Directors: OF SUPPORT Margaret Atwood, Robert Bateman, Honourable Claire L’Heureux-Dubé, PROGRAM Gregory J. McDade Q.C., Buck Parker, PROGRAM69% John Rich, Clayton Ruby, CM, Dr. David 69% Suzuki, Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, MANAGEMENT Doug Chapman (in memoriam). MANAGEMENT13% 13% FUNDRAISING Question? Comments? Please contact editor FUNDRAISING18% Pierre Hamilton at [email protected]. 18% Report design by Christa Ledding www.christaledding.com

Allocation Ecojustice is committed to the use of environmentally Allocation responsible papers. By choosing 100 per cent post- OF EXPENDITURES consumer recycled fiber instead of virgin paper for OF EXPENDITURES this printed material the following savings to our natural resources will be realized this year. Trees saved: 41 Wood reduced: 10,698 kgs Water reduced: 131,312 litres Notes: Allocation of Expenditures is based on data submitted to Revenue Landfill reduced: 1,668 kgs Canada Agency on our T3010 Registered Charity Information Return; Net Greenhouse emissions: 3,236 kgs figures do not total 100 due to rounding. Fundraising costs remain below Energy reduced: 46,948,000 Btu the charitable sector standard of 23 per cent of total operating expenses. SOURCE: WWW.UNISOURCE.CA Our complete audited financial statements are available online at ecojustice.ca. Charitable Business Number: BN 13474 8474 RR0001. ecojustice | Page 11 our clients

Ecojustice acts strategically together with our partners and clients. We offer our services free of charge, taking on cases that set legal precedents and strengthen laws in defence of clean water, natural spaces, communities, and our climate. As a leader in the courts and the environmental movement, we aim to defend the right of Canadians to a healthy environment — now and for decades to come. Photo by Bob Linsdell | CC BY-SA 2.0

Our partners Canadian Parks and Dogwood Initiative Wilderness Society and Clients Ducks Unlimited Canada Chemtura Public Ada Lockridge Advisory Committee Earthroots Alexandra Morton CPAWS-Wildlands League Ecology Action Centre Arctic Athabasca Council Canadian Environmental Environmental Defence Canada Law Association Alberta Wilderness Association Environment North Communities and Coal Atlantic Salmon Federation Équiterre Coastal Alliance for Attention Frag’Iles Aquaculture Reform Fatal Light Awareness Anthony and Lorraine Bruder Program (FLAP) Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury

Canadian Association Forestethics Advocacy Council of Canadians of Physicians for the Environment Forestethics Solutions David Suzuki Foundation

Page 12 | ecojustice Fraser Headwaters Alliance Nature Saskatchewan St. Mary’s Bay Coastal Alliance

Freeport Community Northwatch Taku River Tlingit First Nation Development Association Ontario Nature Varda Burstyn Friends of the Earth Ontario Headwaters Institute Village of Freeport Georgia Strait Alliance Organizing for Change Village of Tiverton Grand RiverKeepers, Labrador Inc. Pembina Institute Village of Westport

Grasslands Naturalists Quebec Meilleure Mine Voters Taking Action on Climate Change Greenpeace Canada Raincoast Conservation Foundation Watershed Watch Green Prosperity Salmon Society Residents of Braeside Jasper Environmental Wellington Water Watchers Association Rivers Without Borders Western Canada Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Ron Plain Wilderness Committee

Lilydale Action Committee Sierra Club BC Wildsight

Living Oceans Society Sierra Club Canada Wildlands League

MiningWatch Canada Sierra Club Ontario Wildlife Conservation Society

Napanee Green Lights SNAP Quebec World Wildlife Fund Canada

ecojustice | Page 13 our thanks

Ecojustice extends our deepest gratitude to all our 2013 supporters. Your good faith and support of our work has made every challenge we face and victory we celebrate for the environment possible. Your generosity and dedication are commendable. Thank you one and all for helping protect our environment. The following acknowledges donors who made a gift of $1,000 or more in 2013. Photo by Dominic Sherony | CC BY-SA 2.0

Foundations & Eden Conservation Trust Gifts from Advised Funds Glasswaters Foundation estates

$50,000 PLUS Global Greengrants Fund Anonymous (2)

Anonymous (2) The Langar Foundation Patricia Agius

Catherine Donnelly Foundation The Law Foundation of Ontario Murray B. Anderson

The Law Foundation of B.C. The McLean Foundation Edward F. Bridgman

The Charles Stewart Mountain Equipment Co-op Ethel Coffin Mott Foundation Patagonia Marjorie J. Evans $10,000 to $49,999 The Schad Foundation Marie J. Gemma 444S Foundation Vancouver Foundation Emily Lee Lightfoot The Brainerd Foundation $1,000 to $9,999 Douglas H. MacAulay The Bulrush Foundation Anonymous (2) Ruby and Richard Mitchell Canadian Bar Law for Margaret Prang the Future Fund The Sisters of St. Joseph Diocese of London, Jean Vogan Ontario Foundation Page 14 | ecojustice LEGACY Leland Gosselin Carla Reed COMMUNITY Douglas Green Nancy Robinson

Jo-Anne Harris Patricia Roozendaal The following have made a plan to benefit Ecojustice Will Hendrie David Rothkop through a legacy bequest in their will, a gift of life Judith Hibberd Elizabeth Shannon and insurance or a future gift R. Clark Munro William D. Hughey of RRSP or RRIF. Kimberly Shearon Herman and Elly de Anonymous (269) Jongh Fund – Edmonton Peter Stuart William Amos Community Foundation Joanne Thomas Jocelyn Anderson Elizabeth Ketchum A. Valentin Suzanne McBennett Timothy Leadem André and Shane André Lorna Visser Frances Litman Nadia B-Mainville Cliff Wallis Carol J. Lodge Diana M. Bainbridge Marilyn Flora Wiley Janice Loomer Margolis Lorne Almon Boyd Byron Wilson and Karla Reimer Murray MacAdam Jane and Craig Campbell Catherine Zeilner Rod Manson Alexander Daughtry Walter and Brenda Zimmerman John and Shirley Martin Ann Dutton CHAMPIONS Harvey McKinnon Susan Roberta Eaton $10,000 PLUS Judith McPhie George H.J. Ellen Anonymous (9) Joan Norris Virginia Evans Tammy and Frank Arnold Daryl and Yvonne Noullette Helen and Gerry Gilavish Ruth Barker Judith and Lou Probst

ecojustice | Page 15 CHAMPIONS Patricia Ajello Judith and Lou Probst $10,000 PLUS William H. Ashwell Elizabeth and Bill Riehm and Fran Ashwell (continued) Barbara Vengshoel Graeme G. Barber George and Martha Janice L. Wright Butterfield Family Foundation JoAnne and Malcolm Bersohn $1,000 to $4,999 The Cohen Family in The Bradstreet Family Foundation Memory of Joseph H. Cohen Anonymous (42) J. Nancy Braithwaite Mike Cormack and Jenny Drake Joseph April John Budd and Josine Eikelenboom Susan Dundas-Budd Paul Armstrong Glen Estill Brian J. Dawson Wendy Anne Atkinson Eleanor Evans David Harold Feeny Jonathan and Robin Backer Gencon Foundation Geoff Fridd Aaron Barsky Catherine and William Graham Jack and Pat Holway Steven Barer and Susan Albersheim Nancy Ironside Kaatza Foundation Dora Basmajian Richard Ivey Marilyn L. Kan Lorraine Bell Erik Lockeberg Karen Kirby William and Pierette Beaton Rudolph and Patricia North Krauss Family Charitable Trust Dirk Brinkman and Leonard Schein and Sharon Lazare Barbara Small Joyce Murray Thomas W. Lane Dianne and David Stern Maurice Brager and Margo Wood Jocelyn and Neil Lovell $5,000 to $9,999 John Brennan Roderick A. Manson Anonymous (9) Helen Brink Donald H. B. Munro

Page 16 | ecojustice CHampions Dana V. Devine Paul Godkin

$1,000 to $4,999 Eric Diller Sharon E. Godkin (continued) Meinhard Doelle Jordan Golubov Mike Brigham Ruth Elisabeth Donnelly Herman and Enid Gom Elizabeth Campbell Mannie, Armelle and Martha Gould Rémy Druker Jane and Craig Campbell Chris Graham Susan R. Eaton Frank J. Cantoni Jean Grieve Brian and Wanda Erickson Norene L. Carr Jason Hart David Estrin Ralph V. Cartar and Mary Reid Lee Harding and Ginny Evans Hannah Diamond Doreen Joyce Challenger Dianne Fahselt John W. Harrison Cynthea Cooch Kenneth H. Faris and Trevor Harterre Sandra M. Cockfield Heather D. Hilliard Dennis Hemmings Dorothea M. Cook James H. Firstbrook Don Hedges Jeff and Heather Corbett G. William Fitzgerald John Hember David Cosco Murray Geiger-Adams Graeme Hirst Gary D. Cuddington D. Moira Glerum and Frederick I. Hill Piotr M. Czaykowski Chris Backhouse and Anne C. Worley Tom Gleeson Heather Hilliard Edwin E. and Virginia P. Daniel Andrew Goss David Hodgson Dawne Deeley David and Judith Goodings Ted A. Holekamp Michael and Honor de Pencier Dorothea Godt and Ulrich Tepass Beatrice Hunter Judith and James Deutsch ecojustice | Page 17 CHAMPIONS Quentin Lake and Galina Laks Murray and Stephanie McCaig

$1,000 to $4,999 Walton W. Langford Mel McDonald (continued) Peter Leitner Matthew McInnes

Catherine E. Huene Emily Lee Lightfoot Andrew McKinlay

Elinor J. Hull Kenneth and Helen Lister Ben Mintz Memorial Foundation William D. Hughey Mary Lisle Mistaya Paddling Club Paul Hunter Ruth Lotzkar Robert Mitchell and Richard Iredale and Mishka Lysack and Ruth Morrow Eloise Spitzer Lael Whitehead Arthur MacDonald Katherine Monk Melanie Isbister Susan Mackey-Jamieson Lori A. Moore Willem Van Iterson Rob and Lori Macintosh David Morgan Bengt K. Jansson Ian B. G. MacKenzie Anne and Raymond Morris Annelise O. Jorgensen Marlene and Alexander Michael and Laurie Morrison Richard Allan Jones Mackenzie Barbara P. Munves Cheryl Kabloona Dixie L. Mager and Mark McCutcheon Wendie R. Nelson Rebecca Katzin Janice and Simon Margolis William A. Newsom Claire F. Kerrigan Anne Marriott and David Wunker Sayo Nickerson Kingfishers Rod and Gun Club Steven L. Marsh and Oasis Foundation Marilynn J. King Zandra Bainas Victoria Olchowecki At the Kitchen Table Foundation Marilyn C. Marshall Mindel Olenick Katherine Koch Paul M. Martin Roberta Olenick

Page 18 | ecojustice CHAMPIONS Edna M. Ralston Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions Inc. $1,000 to $4,999 Anna Reid Jean D. Smith and John Valleau (continued) Carole Reiner Stephen Smith Paul Olszynski Paul and Lynda Richardson Virginia G. Smith Ken Oppel Riko Inc. Spirit of the West Adventures Devon Page Edward Riley and Margaret Riley Sisters of St. Joseph Victoria Page Brenlee Robinson of Sault Ste. Marie Joan Paterson and Sidney Robinson Norm Stacey Jeanie Paterson Nathalie S. Rockhill Steelhead Society of B.C. Dorothy H. and Miles Paul Michael T. Roeder and The Mireille and Murray Kit Pearson and Katherine Farris Antoinette Voûte Roeder Steinberg Family Foundation Ron Pearson Martin Roland Edward R. Stephenson Lionel and Sybil Peckover Roy B. Ronaghan James Stevens Scott Pegrum and Cynthia Mar Patricia Rosebrugh J. Douglas Stewart Arne Perrin Barbara J. Scott Rasmus Storjohann Diether Peschken Sara Seck John Swaigen Brian Phillips John Seckar Terence R. Swean Brian and Diane Pinch Peter C. Seixas and Susan Inman T. D. Pearse Resource Consulting Nicholas J. Poppenk Bruce A. Shaw Barry Taylor and Patricia Mazier Provincial Employees Joan and Jack Sherman Community Services Fund James Tasker Shooting Star Foundation Doug Rae John and Barbara Taylor Ivor and Renee Simmons ecojustice | Page 19 CHAMPIONS Sharron Waite Robert I. and Margaret J. Clague Memorial Fund - $1,000 to $4,999 Tim Wall Winnipeg Foundation

(continued) Douglas and Kathy Waterman The Jokabeca Fund - Tides N. A. Taylor Foundation Sarah J. Watson Canada Foundation

Carol and Harvey Thibault Beverly and Eric Watt The Herman and Elly de Jongh Fund - Edmonton Tom Thomas Nancy and William Whitla Community Foundation

Ann Thompson and Audrey and Robert Wild Stephen Gurman Eileen Manning and the Ian Cathy Wilkinson F. Manning Memorial Fund Gordon Thompson - Vancouver Foundation Paul Williams Laura Tiberti Foundation The Orcutt Family Fund - Russell Williams Vancouver Foundation Keith Tolhurst and Claire Sandham Ted Williams and The John and Barbara Poole Pearl Perehudoff Carolyn J. Turnbull Family Fund - Edmonton Wilshire Works Inc. Community Foundation Joanne Tuytel Heather Wilson The Floyd and Nancy Reynolds United Way-Centraide Ottawa Fund - Calgary Foundation Peter William and Ann E. Wood E. Joyce and P. Edward Richardson Family Fund - Van Veenendaal Walter and Brenda Zimmerman Tides Canada Foundation Jony Van Den Bos and Tom Lightburn Donor Advised The Colleen Snipper Memorial Fund - Community Jan and Valerie Versendaal Funds at Community Foundation of Ottawa

Sharolyn Vettese Foundations Dr. Roy and Ellen Sutherland Fund - Victoria Foundation Leslie A. Wade The Cinders Fund - Edmonton Community Foundation

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