http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/9684/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/%E2%80%9C-fight-declaration-far-over%E2%80%9D/33561 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Municipal declaration supporting environmental rights sent back for review </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_2625.jpg" alt="" title="Since the Blue Dot campaign kicked off in 2014, more than 73,000 Canadians have signed a petition calling for constitutional environmental rights, and leaders of 48 different municipalities have declared their support for the right to a healthy environment. Halifax city staff drafted up a report that did not endorse the initiative. [Photo: R. Hussman]" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -- There is still a chance that Halifax could be the first region east of Quebec to pass a municipal declaration in support of environmental rights.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/%E2%80%9C-fight-declaration-far-over%E2%80%9D/33561" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/%E2%80%9C-fight-declaration-far-over%E2%80%9D/33561#comments Rebecca Hussman Environnement Governance Idées Blue Dot Tour Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Charter of Rights environment Halifax Rebecca Hussman Mon, 18 May 2015 13:21:30 +0000 Miles Howe 33561 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca