The complainants also want the CSA to pay a $10-million fine towards conservation projects should the bureau responsible for the administration and enforcement of the federal Competition Act deem the CSA’s forestry sustainable labelling is false.
The coalition also recommended the CSA be ordered to publicly retract certification claims of forestry sustainability if the case is verified.
Devon Page, executive director of Ecojustice, says industry shapes the certification process labelling forest products as sustainable. Photo courtesy of Devon Page
Canada’s weak environmental laws give logging companies control over the forests, and allow the industry the discretion to shape a certification process that allows it to flog destructive logging products in domestic and international markets as sustainable, said Devon Page, executive director of Ecojustice.
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Medford golfers adapt to pandemic protocols to finish 2-2
Dom Nicastro
Special to Wicked Local
When the Medford High School golf team learned its season last fall would not happen, its golfers did not sit idle. The Greater Boston League decided not to play fall sports unlike many other high school leagues, ultimately postponing the golf season until this spring.
But the Mustangs had a jump on this season, because they worked hard last fall. Ray Dyer, coach of the Medford High School golf team, said the team saw plenty of action on the links last fall, despite not being in a competitive league. The Mustang golfers got to see a lot of green at Unicorn Golf Course in Stoneham, as well as Sagamore golf course.
CALGARY A judge has dismissed an attempt to quash the United Conservative government s inquiry into whether foreign groups have conspired against Alberta s oil industry. Court of Queen s Bench Justice Karen Horner says the environmental law firm Ecojustice failed to prove the inquiry was called to intimidate charities that have raised concerns about the industry s environmental impact. “Ecojustice has failed to show that the (order in council creating the inquiry) was enacted on a bad faith basis or for other egregious reasons,” Horner said in her decision Friday. She also said there s no reason to believe that the political context around the inquiry suggests it s biased.
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