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Response to federal consultation on proposed roll-back of public engagement re: cell tower siting
Industry, Science and Economic Development Canada
July 16, 2026
Proposals in this consultation should be reconsidered; they would reverse progress towards meaningful public consultation and health protection re: radiofrequency radiation instituted in many Canadian municipalities.
Implementation Framework for the Right to a Healthy Environment under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
Government of Canada
April 22, 2024
Bill S-5 amended CEPA to include the "RIght to a Healthy Environment." This consultation addressed implementation of this new "right."
Biodiversity, Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Endocrine Disruptors, Exposure Assessment, Hazard Assessment, Petrochemicals, Plastic, Radiofrequency Radiation, Risk Assessment, Telecommunications & Radiation
Pollution prevention, reduction, and accountability in Canada’s Biodiversity Strategy
Canadian Biodiversity Strategy re. Milestone Document
February 9, 2024
Addressing pesticides and non-ionizing radiation per the Convention on Biological Diversity
Agriculture, Biodiversity, Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Forestry, Pesticides, Sustainable Agriculture, Telecommunications & Radiation
Accessibility in Canadian Parks
Accessibility Standards of Canada
August 11, 2023
Proposed accessibility standards should go beyond mobility, to address harms from environmental exposures including pesticides, fragrance chemicals and "wireless" radiation
Amending the Canadian Environmental Protection Act for 2022 and Beyond
Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development, Parliament of Canada
November 4, 2022
The Right to a Healthy Environment will only be realised if CEPA is amended to enable the best choices to be made regarding substances and technologies. Permitting everything that slips...
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Risk Assessment, Telecommunications & Radiation
Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation investigation belongs in CEPA
The Senate of Canada, Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
June 27, 2022
Federal civil servants stated that other legislation meant that environmental data collection and research on environmental protection against radiofrequency radiation is unnecessary. Our investigation confirms that there is NO environmental...
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Hazard Assessment, Radiofrequency Radiation, Risk Assessment, Telecommunications & Radiation
Re: Consultation on a Policy and Licensing Framework for Spectrum in the 26, 28 and 38 GHz Bands (i.e., 5G spectrum)
Spectrum Auctions, Innovation, Science and Economic Development
September 6, 2022
PCN's submission re. 5G licensing is supplementary to the Joint Statement calling for a moratorium on auctioning further spectrum.
Joint Statement to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) urgently calling for a moratorium on the release of the extremely high frequency millimetre wave spectrum (mmWaves) including the 26/28 and 38 GHz bands
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
September 6, 2022
Consultation on releasing Millimetre Wave Spectrum to support 5G
Industry Canada Spectrum Auctions
September 15, 2017
In 2017, PCN called for a moratorium on release of spectrum for 5G until the effects on health are researched and peer reviewed, and subject to public consultation. Also called...
Amending the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Bill S-5) for 2022 and Beyond
Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
April 29, 2022
Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Chemical Assessment, Endocrine Disruptors, Exposure Assessment, Hazard Assessment, Plastic, Radiofrequency Radiation, Risk Assessment, Telecommunications & Radiation