By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer When the federal and provincial governments promote themselves as friends of the environment, while pushing legislation and projects that will devastate landscapes and impact our well being, who holds them accountable for the blatant greenwashing? Perhaps no one. \u201cThere’s little greenwashing specific laws in Canada overall, and there are no laws that prohibit the government specifically from greenwashing,\u201d Ecojustice Finance Lawyer Tanya Jemec told The Pointer. \u201cThe only greenwashing-specific laws in Canada are limited to deceptive marketing.\u201d The Competition Act has historically required corporations and businesses making environmentally friendly claims about their products or activities to base them on adequate and proper testing using internationally recognized methodologies, to prove what they say. In 2024, major changes to the Competition Act through… <\/p>\n
By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer When the federal and provincial governments promote themselves as friends of the environment, while pushing legislation and projects that will devastate landscapes and impact our well being, who holds them accountable for the blatant greenwashing? Perhaps no one. \u201cThere’s little greenwashing specific laws in Canada overall, and there are no laws that prohibit the government specifically from greenwashing,\u201d Ecojustice Finance Lawyer Tanya Jemec told The Pointer. \u201cThe only greenwashing-specific laws in Canada are limited to deceptive marketing.\u201d The Competition Act has historically required corporations and businesses making environmentally friendly claims about their products or activities to base them on adequate and proper testing using internationally recognized methodologies, to prove what they say. In 2024, major changes to the Competition Act through... <\/p>\n