Dianne Saxe

• Raw sewage overflowing into waterways at alarming rate: Ontario watchdog

  Environmental Commissioner Dianne Saxe is raising concerns about the issue in her annual report that has been released today.

  Politics

  Nov 13, 2018
  
• Eliminating garbage from Ontario landfills no easy task despite zero-waste strategy

  Ontario generates nearly 12 million tonnes of waste a year.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2017
  
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• Ontario’s cap-and-trade program won’t limit emissions through 2020: environment watchdog

  Ontario's upcoming cap-and-trade program will not limit the province's greenhouse gas emissions through to 2020, the environmental commissioner said Tuesday.

  Environment

  Nov 22, 2016
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• Ontario needs better data on its groundwater supply: environmental watchdog

  Ontario's environmental commissioner is urging the Liberal government to get better information about the province's groundwater as it reviews the permits for bottled water companies.

  Environment

  Oct 27, 2016
• Ontario’s energy conservation strategy ‘lopsided’: environmental commissioner

  Ontario's environmental commissioner says the Liberal government's energy conservation strategy is "lopsided."

  May 31, 2016
• Commissioner clarifies comments on diesel fuel tax exemption for Ontario farmers

  Ontario's new environmental commissioner says she's not trying to target farmers by asking questions about the provincial tax exemption they get on diesel fuel.

  Canada

  Jan 28, 2016