Laurel Collins at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

On February 1st, 2021. See this statement in context.

February 1st, 2021 / 4:35 p.m.

NDP

Thank you so much, Mr. Bondy.

I have a question for Mr. Winfield.

You mentioned the rarity of prosecutions, and it has come up a couple of times that Environment Canada enforcement officers have been doing fewer inspections. They did 4,915 inspections in 2014-15 and that was down to 1,600 in 2018-19. The number of investigations has decreased; the number of prosecutions has decreased.

I am just curious as to whether these numbers are concerning to you. Do you think there is a lack of resources, or what is the core issue with the decline in enforcement of CEPA?

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