Publications & Submissions
Climate Change
- Consultation on the Future of Competition Policy in Canada (March 2023)
- Submission re: Reforming the Competition Act to Address Deceptive Green Marketing and Integrate Sustainability (March 2023)
- Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the Upcoming Federal Budget (October 2022)
- Formal Submission to the Government of Canada National Adaptation Strategy Public Engagement Process (July 2022)
- Recommendations from the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment for Amendments to Bill C-12, the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act
- (Full report) The Limits of Livability: The emerging threat of smoke impacts on health from forest fires and climate change (June 2021)
- (Country brief: Canada) The Limits of Livability: The emerging threat of smoke impacts on health from forest fires and climate change (June 2021)
- Submission for CNSC hearings on behalf of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment – by Cathy Vakil MD (June 2021)
- The Lancet Countdown on Healthy and Climate Change: Policy Brief for Canada (Dec. 2020)
- Healthy Recovery Sign-on Letter
- Healthy Recovery Report
- Call to Action on Climate Change and Health – December 2019
- Climate Change & Health – National Factsheet 2019
- Climate Change & Health – Patient Factsheet 2019
- EcoFiscal Carbon Tax Factsheet May 2019
- Call to Action on Climate Change and Health PPT
- Video of President of CMA Dr. Gigi Osler: Speaking out on Call to Action on Climate Change and Health
- Letter to Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade and Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing re: Bill 66: Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018 (January 20, 2019)
- Letter to Mr. Michael Helfinger and Mr. Ken Petersen RE: ERO 013-4293 Bill 66: Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018; ERO 013-4125 Proposed open-for-business planning tool; and, ERO 013-4239 New Regulation under the Planning Act for open-for-business planning tool (Jan. 20th, 2019)
- Letter to Mr. Michael Helfinger and Mr. Ken Peters re: 013-4293 Bill 66: Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018; 013-4125 Proposed open-for-business planning tool; 013-4239 New Regulation under the Planning Act for open-for-business planning tool (Jan 19, 2019)
- Lancet Countdown Report: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change Factsheet (Nov 2018)
- Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Minister McKenna, Re: Accountability and the Pan Canadian Framework (Dec 3, 2018)
- Lancet Countdown 2018 Report- Heat Stress Backgrounder (Nov 2018)
- Lancet Countdown 2018 Report – Briefing for Canadian Policy Makers (Nov 2018)
- Canadian Lancet 2018 Video- Overview of 2018 Report
- Lancet Countdown 2018 Video – Explaining Heat Stress
- Lancet Countdown 2017 Report: Briefing for Canadian Policymakers
- Letter to Premier Doug Ford Re: Environmental Commissioner of Ontario: Bill 57 (Nov, 17, 2018)
- Letter to Ontario Environmental Minister Rod Phillips re: Re: Made-in-Ontario Climate Change Plan (Nov. 5, 2018)
- Health & Climate Resource Guide: Step Up for Health at the Global Climate Action Summit (2018)
- Letter to Dave Smith, MPP, Chair Sylwia Przezdziecki, Clerk re: Bill 4, Cap and Trade Cancellation Act (Oct 9, 2018)
- Letter to Premier Doug Ford re: Ontario Climate Change Commitments (August 8, 2018)
- Letter to Minister Freeland re: Unions and climate organizations come together to call for more equitable and sustainable trade (May 2, 2018)
- Climate Change National Background Documents
- Climate Change Health Background Documents
- Climate Change Global Background Documents
- Letter to the Right Hon. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re – The Pan-Canadian Framework on Climate Change and Clean Growth (Feb 7 2018)
- Letter to Ministers McKenna Philpott and Bennett re Integration of Health Impact Assessments into Federal Environmental Assessment Processes (May 2017)
- Open Statement on NAFTA Environment and Climate (Sept 2017)
- CAPE Statement on the TPP to Canadas Committee on International Trade (2016)
- Fact Sheet: Code Green – Climate Change
- Backgrounder – Divestment for Health, 2014
Fossil Fuels
- Chinese Fact Sheet: Natural Gas, Fracking and Health (January 2024)
- Fact Sheet: Natural Gas, Fracking and Health (January 2024
- Health Advisory — LNG and Fracking in British Columbia (August 2023)
- CAPE Position on Nuclear, as approved by the board of directors November 20, 2022
- Application for Inquiry into the Canadian Gas Association´s false and misleading representations about natural gas (September 2022)
- Letter from CAPE BC to the UBCM (September 2022)
- Briefing note: A Call for a Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing Expansion in BC due to Human Health and Climate Harms (Oct 2021)
- Briefing note: Future-proofing BC buildings toward net-zero (June 2021)
- Summary: Fractures in the Bridge: Unconventional (Fracked) Natural Gas, Climate Change and Human Health (Jan. 2020)
- Full Report: Fractures in the Bridge: Unconventional (Fracked) Natural Gas, Climate Change and Human Health (Jan. 2020)
- CAPE Board Member Dr. Melissa Lem interviews Dr. David Suzuki (Apr. 2019)
- Letter to Minister McKenna re: Treatment of electricity in the OBPS (Mar. 2019)
- Major Human Health Impacts of the Increase in Tanker Traffic Due to the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (Dec. 2018)
- Hydraulic Fracturing, Fossil Fuels, And Health Concerns: Position of The Canadian Association of Physicians for The Environment -Quebec (Dec. 2018)
- Letter from 228 health professionals from Canada and around the world regarding the inadequate health impacts assessment of the government’s proposed Transmountain pipeline expansion (Oct. 2018)
- Letter to Task Force on Just Transition for Canadian Coal Power Workers and Communities (July 2018)
- CAPE Presentation-Output Based Standards for Electricity Sector (July 2018)
- Submission to the Alberta Energy Regulator, Climate Policy Assurance Branch re: Comments on AER draft directives related to methane emissions from upstream oil and gas (May 2018)
- Health Collaborative Submissions on Coal Regulations to Phase-out Coal (Apr. 2018)
- Health Collaborative Submissions on Natural Gas Regulations to Phase-out Coal (Apr 2018)
- CAPE Policy Statement on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change (Apr. 2018)
- Position Statement on Fracking (2014)
- Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re – ensuring federal regulations for methane emissions in the oil and gas sector (Jan. 2018)
- Letter to the Right Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re – Bill C-262 (Feb. 2018)
- CAPE Comments on ‘State of the Air’ report produced by CCME (Dec. 2017)
- Letter to Ministers McKenna, Philpott, and Bennett re – Pacific Northwest LNG health impact assessment (Sept. 2016)
- Letter to Minister McKenna re – Strengthening national coal phase-out legislation (July 2017)
- Health Collaborative Submission to Environment and Climate Change Canada re – Notice of Intent to develop Greenhouse Gas regulations for Electricity Generation in Canada (Jan. 2017)
- Health Collaborative Submission to Federal – Provincial Climate Working Group on Specific Mitigation Opportunities- Electricity Sector (June 2016)
- Letter to Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna re – Phasing out coal plants across Canada within ten years (Feb. 2016)
- Submission Alberta’s Climate Advisory Panel (Sept. 2015)
- FrackLNG – Experimenting with our health – what could possibly go wrong? (Apr. 2017)
- Factsheet – Fracking (Nov. 2016)
- Global Health Statement on Coal Plants (May 2016)
- Report – Out with the coal, in with the new – National benefits of an accelerated phase-out of coal-fired power (Pembina Institute, Nov. 2016)
- Factsheet – Health Highlights from Out with the Coal, In with the New (Nov. 2016)
- Powerpoint Presentation – Kim Perrotta – CAPE Coal Campaign (Jan. 2018)
- CAPE’s Position Statement on Fracking (June 2014)
- Report – Breathing in the Benefits (Sept. 2016)
- Backgrounder: Alberta Coal Plants, Climate Change & Human Health (2015)
- CAPE Partners Backgrounder – Alberta Coal Plants Phase-Out Strategy (2015)
- Factsheet – Why Phase-Out Alberta’s Coal-Fired Power Plants (2015)
- Backgrounder – A Costly Diagnosis: Pembina CAPE Lung Asthma report (2013)
- Report – Air and Tar Sands (2013)
Toolkit for Health Professionals
Toxics
- Joint Submission: Proposed PFAS Listing Order (May 6, 2025)
- ENGO Letter re: Public Participation at Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations (March 20, 2025)
- CAPE Submission: Pest Management Regulatory Agency Fees Consultation (March 6, 2025)
- Health and Tailings Ponds Fact Sheet (2024)
- Comments on the Draft Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment (December 4, 2024)
- Comments on the Proposed Plan of Priorities under CEPA (December 4, 2024)
- Comments on the Proposed Watch List Approach Under CEPA (December 4, 2024)
- CAPE’s Standing Senate Committee Statement: Climate Change — Canadian Oil and Gas Industry (November 21, 2024)
- An opportunity for Canada: Regulating chemicals of concern in plastics ahead of INC-5 (October 2024)
- CAPE joins Aamjiwnaang First Nation and 11 environmental and health organizations in letter to Minister Guilbeault for a binding plastics treaty that meaningfully controls and reduces plastic production levels (September 20, 2024)
- Joint Comments on the Updated Draft State of PFAS Report and Revised Risk Management Scope (September 11, 2024)
- NGO Comments on Proposed Pest Control Products Regulations Amendments (August 23, 2024)
- CAPE Comments on the Milestone Document, Canada’s 2030 National Biodiversity Strategy (February 9, 2024)
- Reorienting federal regulation of pesticides to reduce risk: A health and environmental imperative (February 2024)
- Request for Special Review of Mancozeb Under the Pest Control Products Act (November 7, 2023)
- Hazard Labelling Joint Submission CAPE, ED, WHEN, BCAQ (October 20, 2023)
- CropLife’s role in public policy development – letter to ministers (October 20, 2023)
- Comments re: NOI to amend PCPR – ENGO joint comments (September 8, 2023)
- Comments re: Pollution prevention planning notice for primary food plastic packaging (August 30, 2023)
- Comments: Draft state of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) report and risk management scope
- Into the Weeds: Testimonials by CAPE’s Dr. Warren Bell, and Jane McArthur toxics program director (May 2023)
- Sustainable Agriculture Strategy Discussion Document: CAPE Submission (March 2023)
- Backgrounder: Expand the Ban 2023 (January 2023)
- Joint letter calling for the banning of more single-use plastic items: Expand the Ban (January 2023)
- CAPE Position on Nuclear, as approved by the board of directors November 20, 2022
- Joint submission re: Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (November 2022)
- Joint letter re: Calling for suspension of all renewals of glyphosate products until PMRA review of new science and evaluation of risks (October 2022)
- Joint submission re: Prevention of early-life exposures to toxic chemicals, pollution, and the effects of climate change for children’s lifelong health (October 2022)
- The Plastic Project – a people-focused video series created in collaboration with CAPE, Environmental Defence, and Breast Cancer Action Quebec (October 2022)
- Joint letter urging quick action by Parliament on Bill C-226 (September 2022)
- Bill S-5 and the Modernization of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) (September 2022)
- CAPE Statement of Support for a Cosmetic Pesticide Ban by Edmonton Council (August 2022)
- Traffic-Related Air Pollution (TRAP) Videos
- Review of federal pesticide law must centre on protecting human health and the environment (June 2022)
- Joint Submission re: Consultation on Targeted Review of the Pesticide Control Products Act (June 2022)
- Joint submission re: Bill C-226, An Act Respecting the Development of a National Strategy to Assess, Prevent and Address Environmental Racism and To Advance Environmental Justice (June 2022)
- CAPE Submission Re: PRSD 2022-01 Special Review of Chlorothalonil and Associated End Use Products (May 2022)
- Comment re: Single-Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (March 2022)
- Increasing nickel air standards in Quebec (February 2022)
- CAPE a signatory on a letter to Senator Kutcher re: Bill S-5, Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act (February 2022)
- Modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act – Canada’s pollution and toxics law (updated August 2021)
- CAPE Submission Re: Proposed Maximum Residue Limit PMRL2021-10, Glyphosate (July 2021)
- CAPE PFAS Class Assessment Support Letter (June 2021)
- CAPE a signatory on submission in response to RN 14807-96-6, Risk management approach for talc (June 2021)
- CAPE Submission on Bill C-230: An Act Respecting the Development of a National Strategy to Redress Environmental Racism (April 2021)
- Women’s health and the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (April 2021)
- CAPE and other environmental and health organizations seek prioritization of the passage of Bill C-28 with amendments for stronger legislation (June 2021)
- Modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act—Canada’s pollution and toxics law (November 2020)
- Indoor Pesticides Backgrounder
- NGO comments on proposed PMRA decision on chlorpyrifos based on environmental risk assessment (July 31, 2019)
- CAPE brief to Edmonton pesticide review – February 2019
- CAPE brief to Calgary pesticide review – December 2018
- Letter to the Honourable Rochelle Squires Minister of Sustainable Development Re: Non-Essential Pesticide Use Regulation (286/2014): submission of petition signatories (Nov 27, 2018)
- Letter to the Honourable Rochelle Squires Minister of Sustainable Development Re: Manitoba legislation on non-essential uses of pesticides (Oct 18, 2018)
- Minister Petitpas Taylor re: Final Notice of Objection to Re-evaluation Decision RVD2017-01, Glyphosate, April 28, 2017 (Nov 13, 2018)
- Glyphosate: the world’s most widely used herbicide (Sept 5, 2018)
- Municipal Weed Control: Lessons from Ground Zero (October 2018)
- Comments on the pollinator re-evaluation of imidacloprid submitted to the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (August 29, 2018)
- Letter re: Minister Squires expressing strong support for pesticides laws in Manitoba – June 1, 2018
- Letter to Chief Science Advisor re: recent PMRA regulatory decision June 13, 2018
- Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau re: Neonicotinoid insecticides (May 31, 2018)
- Re: Lead in ammunition and fishing gear (April 18, 2018)
- Response to the Proposed Prohibition of Asbestos and Asbestos Products Regulations and Proposed Amendment to the Export of Substances on the Export Control List Regulations under CEPA, 1999 (March 21, 2018)
- Re: Response to Proposed Registrations and Pollinator Re-evaluations of Clothianidin and Thiamethoxam (March 19, 2018)
- Re – Hydrogen sulphide (Nov. 8, 2017)
- Report: Cosmetic Pesticides – Provincial Policies & Municipal Bylaws: Lessons Learned & Best Practices
- Federal Pesticides Approval Process Background Documents
- Neonics Background Documents
- CAPE Pesticides Health Backgrounder – Sept 22 2017
- Letter to Mayor Don Iveson, Chair, and Members of the City of Edmonton Audit Committee Re – City Pesticide Use Audit (17428) – (January 19, 2018)
- Backgrounder – Cosmetic Pesticide Bans – Highlights, Best Practices & Lessons Learned
- CAPE’s Submission to Calgary SPC – June 7 2017 – as filed
- Letter to Calgary City Council Recommending Reductions in Pesticide Use (June 2017)
- CAPE Pesticides Scorecard – Aug 30 2016
- CAPE’s Letter Re – Calgary Pesticides Policy – Dec 2016
- Cosmetic Pesticides – Provincial & Municipal Laws – Lessons Learned & Best Practices – Kim Perrotta (May 16, 2017)
- CAPE’s Letter to Federal Minister of Health Dr. Jane Philpott re – the use of Chlorpyrifos (Dursban) by the City of Edmonton (February 2016)
- CAPE’s Position Statement on Synthetic Pesticides (2000)
- Comment letter on PMRA Cumulative Risk Assessment Framework – April 17, 2017
- Video: The Role of Pesticides & Pollution in Autism Michael Greger M.D. FACLM January 29th, 2018 (Jan. 29th, 2018)
- Letter to PMRA Re – Conditional Registrations – Mar 2016
- Toronto’s Pesticide Bylaw – Carol Mee (May 16, 2017)
- Letter to Hon. Jane Philpott re -Timeline for the PMRA’s second Special Review on Atrazine (May 2017)
- Reviewing the Evidence on Pesticides Exposure, Health and Ecological Impacts – Loren Vanderlinden (May 16, 2017)
- CAPE’s Letter to PMRA re -Special Review of Atrazine (February 2016)
- Poll – Time to Protect Alberta Children from Pesticides (October 2017)
- Letter to OMAFRA re – Ontario’s Draft Pollinator Health Action Plan (March 2016)
- Alberta Pesticide Survey Report (September 2016)
- Letter to Minister Philpott re -Notice of Objection to Glyphosate Re-evaluation Decision (June 2017)
- Backgrounder – Pyrethroids – just because we can use them at home doesn’t mean they’re harmless
- Letter to Minister Philpott re – Final Notice of Objection to Glyphosate Re-evaluation Decision (July 2017)
- Backgrounder: Atrazine: Banned in Europe, Common in Canada
- CAPE Backgrounder – Neonics, Honey Bees & Food Security
- CAPE Factsheet – Neonics, Honey Bees, and Food Security
- Technical Summary – Neonicotinoids -a threat for the food security (Jan. 2018)
- Ad – Neonics (Nov 2015)
