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As world leaders wind down talks at the UN Climate Conference in Bonn, we’re shining a light on trade issues that could throw a wrench in Canada’s climate action efforts. Also this month, read about opportunities to uphold Indigenous rights in water governance, and see our latest analysis on the federal environmental assessment review.

For more on how West Coast’s work is transforming the legal landscape, check out our 2016-2017 Impact Report!NAFTA and climate change: We’ll always have Paris? Does the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) help or hinder Canada’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid runaway climate change?

In Part 2 of our series on this controversial agreement, Staff Counsel Erica Stahl examines how NAFTA’s “proportionality clause” could limit our options for reducing emissions and fossil fuel exports. UNDRIP has implications for fresh water governance in Canada If Canada is serious about implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), it will require major changes in how we make decisions affecting water.

West Coast’s Hannah Askew explores the challenges and opportunities this presents in dealing with pressing freshwater issues. It’s the federal government’s moment of truth on the environment A sound environmental assessment regime should build public confidence and wider acceptance of decisions. It should build bridges, rather than divide us.

As West Coast's Anna Johnston and Ecojustice's Josh Ginsberg explain, we know how to get there – the question is, will the federal government deliver? Where are the salmon? Orcas want to know Chinook salmon in the Fraser River are disappearing, spelling trouble for predators like the endangered killer whales on the south BC coast.

Staff Counsel Deborah Carlson looks at how floodgates and dikes on the Fraser are affecting these iconic fish, and what our governments can do about it. How two EDRF clients became activists in the wake of Mount Polley Quesnel Lake homeowner Christine McLean and her friend Judith never imagined they would become environmental activists. But after the Mount Polley Mine disaster polluted the waters they loved, they were determined to take action.

Christine and Judith describe their journey to seek justice over Mount Polley, with some help from West Coast’s Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund (EDRF). Tonight! Wildfires & Wild Food Fundraiser Concert Thursday, November 16, 7pm
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We’re working with the Tsilhqot'in community of Yunesit’in to host a fundraiser, after a devastating wildfire season wiped out many of their wild foods. Hear community members’ accounts of the fires, then come together to celebrate community resilience, solidarity, and healing by dancing the night away! Featuring Buckman Coe, Jb the FirstLady and DJ Young Dene.

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