In a split 6-5 vote, city council approves motion to include up to $1 per resident the city’s draft 2023 operating budget
by West Coast Environmental Law and Georgia Strait Alliance, launched in June, which called on all of B.C.’s local governments to take such action.
“They responded to that information by launching campaigns to actually confuse the public about the science and lobbying politicians to prevent meaningful action from climate change.”on climate accountability litigation in Canada, signed by 28 Canadian law professors, noted such legal action is clearly novel, given that courts will need to answer difficult questions not previously considered, and that prospects for success are difficult to predict.
Andrew Radzik, an energy campaigner at Georgia Straight Alliance, said with Wednesday’s vote, Vancouver joins a rising global movement for climate accountability. Mr. Fry said it he does not think it is “beyond the realm of possibility” that a class-action lawsuit could yield dividends for local governments, citing the recent proposedbetween the federal and provincial governments and Purdue Canada over health care costs associated with the company’s opioid medications.
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