The goals of the EBR

Principles of the EBR

• Inherent value of natural environment
• Right to a healthful environment
• Common goal to protect, conserve, restore
• A means to achieve this goal in an effective, timely, open and fair manner

Goals of the EBR

The fundamental goals of the EBR are to protect, conserve and restore the integrity of the environment, to provide sustainability, and to protect the right of Ontario residents to a healthful environment.

These goals include preventing, reducing and eliminating the release of pollutants that unreasonably threaten the integrity of the environment. They also include protecting and conserving biological, ecological and genetic diversity, and protecting and conserving Ontario’s natural resources, including plant and animal life and ecological systems. The EBR encourages the wise management of our natural resources and the identification and protection of ecologically sensitive areas or processes.

Provisions of the EBR

The EBR provides for:

• Public participation in environmentally significant decisions
• Increased government accountability
• Increased access to the courts for environmental protection
• Enhanced protection for whistleblowers