2025 HELD Media Release
As Canadians face increasingly intense and frequent heat waves, health, education and legal experts are sounding the alarm on a growing crisis: extreme heat in schools and child care settings due to the escalating effects of climate change.
CPCHE joins call for action on oil and gas methane regulations
31 Organizations call for the immediate passing of strong federal oil and gas methane regulations. As organizations dedicated to the health and well-being of children, communities and our environment in Canada, we recognize the urgent need to reduce methane emissions and emphasize that robust regulations are critical at this moment.
21 Organizations call for the immediate passing of methane regulations
Methane is a powerful climate pollutant, with a global warming potential more than 80 times that of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. It is a major driver of the accelerating climate crisis, which threatens the safety and stability of our communities.
NGO Response to Proposed Addition of PFAS to the NPRI
CPCHE joined 30+ organizations in a collective response to the federal government’s public consultation on the proposed addition of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI).
White Paper: Opportunities for Public Health-Child Care Sectoral Collaboration to Advance Children’s Environmental Health Equity
Canada is at a crossroads in the development of a universally affordable child care sector that promises to make quality child care attainable for all children and families across the country.