WORKING TOGETHER FOR A LEGAL SYSTEM THAT SERVES OUR ENVIRONMENT!

The CQDE acts as a guardian of environmental law. Our lawyers undertake legal recourses while also informing the public of their rights and the tools at their disposal to actively participate in the protection of the environment. Environmental protection is a collective issue and we want to help everyone play their part.

News and Projects

News and Projects

Northvolt: CQDE challenges regulatory amendment having ruled out the holding of a BAPE

2024 April 05

Montréal, April 5, 2024 - This week, the Centre québécois du droit de l'environnement (CQDE) and the three citizen co-plaintiffs…

Fairview Forest: a private citizen before the courts in the absence of an environmental information register

2024 March 25

Montreal, March 25, 2024 - This Monday, before the Commission d'accès à l'information, lawyers from the Centre québécois du droit…

First Nation challenges Quebec’s free entry mining regime in court

2024 February 15

Mitchikanibikok Inik First Nation says Quebec’s Mining Act is unconstitutional Montreal/ Traditional territory of the Kaniwn'’kehá:ka and Haudenosaunee peoples,…