ARTICLE · 14 NOVEMBER 2025

Implementation Framework For The Right To A Healthy Environment Under CEPA

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The Framework establishes how CEPA will be administered to fulfill the Government of Canada's duty to respect, protect and fulfill the Right

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Background

In June 2023, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) was amended to recognize the Right to a Healthy Environment (Right) and to require the development of an implementation framework outlining how the Right would be applied in administering CEPA.

Following public engagement on the draft implementation framework and accompanying discussion document, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Health Canada (HC) released the final Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment Under CEPA in July 2025 (Framework). A What We Heard Report summarizing public and stakeholder feedback was published concurrently with the final framework.

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Implementation Framework For The Right To A Healthy Environment Under CEPA

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