The presentation of the amendment will be brief, Mr. Chair.
With this amendment, we want to strengthen the fundamental principles for the implementation of the right to a healthy environment.
We have amply complained that, given where the right to a healthy environment is enshrined in Bill S‑5, it is not a real right. Still, we are trying to strengthen its implementation by establishing it among the administrative obligations contained in section 2 of CEPA.
The wording would be:
(a.3) adhere to the principles of environmental justice—including by avoiding adverse effects that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations—the principle of non-regression and the principle of intergenerational equity;
You will also have noticed that the principle of non-regression is back.