Canada has abundant natural wealth, beautiful landscapes, vast forests, and thousands of rivers and lakes. The land defines Canadians as a people, yet the country has one of the industrialized world’s worst environmental records. Building on his previous book, The Environmental Rights Revolution, David R. Boyd describes how recognizing the constitutional right to a healthy environment could have a transformative impact by empowering citizens, holding governments and industry accountable, and improving Canada’s green record. This important and provocative book provides a road map to protect human health, the well-being of the planet, and the interests of future generations. The Right to a Healthy Environment is a comprehensive, meticulously researched and brilliantly organized analysis that will strengthen scholars, politicians, and activists alike. It is a clarion call to action in a war against our most terrible enemies, our own lethargy, short-sightedness, and complicity in the destruction of the nature we profess to revere. -- Elizabeth Abbott ― International Journal of Environmental Studies, June 2013 Fantastic and timely! With the Harper Government’s dismantling of environmental protection and abandonment of the Kyoto Protocol, David Boyd’s book could not come at a more critical time. If environmental rights were safeguarded in our constitution, Canada’s natural world would be less open to the political whims and ideologies of changing governments. This is a very important book that points the way to an environmentally secure future. -- Maude Barlow, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians A must read! This book is fascinating, extremely well documented, and makes a persuasive case for constitutional recognition of the right to a healthy environment in Canada. Boyd’s clear writing style makes the book accessible and enriching for everyone, whether or not they have a legal or environmental background. -- The Honourable Claire L’Heureux-Dubé, retired justice of the Supreme Court of Canada David Boyd helped Vancouver develop our bold plan for becoming the greenest city in the world, and with this authoritative and inspiring book he identifies a prerequisite for making Canada the greenest country. We owe it to ourselves, our children, and future generations to include the right to a healthy environment in the Canadian constitution. -- Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver, co-founder of Happy Planet David Boyd doesn’t just talk about a paradigm shift, he shows us a path to get there. This book will be important to environmentalists, legal scholars, and policy makers, and to everyone who cares about moving from rhetoric to action on climate and the environment. It is also inspiring and a very good read. -- Dr. Alex Himelfarb, Director of the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs, York University, and former Clerk of the Privy Council (2002-06) David Boyd is one of the world’s leading experts on human rights and the environment. From the comprehensive prescription in his book Unnatural Law to the visionary blueprint Sustainability Within a Generation and now this book on the constitutional right to a healthy environment, he keeps producing compelling solutions for Canada’s environmental woes. Given that humans are wholly dependent on ecosystems to provide air, water, food, and essential services such as pollination, it is simply common sense to include environmental rights and responsibilities in our highest law. As Boyd concludes, if over 100 other countries can do this, why can’t we? -- David Suzuki, award-winning scientist, broadcaster, environmentalist This book highlights that Canada, despite being a wealthy and developed country, lags significantly behind the rest of the world on environmental performance. There is a critical need for Canada to do more, especially from the point of view of protecting human health and well-being. This book explains why environmental rights for Canadians would provide the much-needed impetus for Canada to do more. -- Nickie Vlavianos, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary Boyd’s scholarship in environmental human rights is unmatched by any other scholar working in the field worldwide ... This book makes a profoundly important contribution to the fields of environmental law, human rights law, and constitutional law in Canada. The subject touches a matter of universally acknowledged importance to Canadians and the world at large. -- Lynda Collins, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa "A must read! This book is fascinating, extremely well documented, and makes a persuasive case for constitutional recognition of the right to a healthy environment in Canada. Boyd's clear writing style makes the book accessible and enriching for everyone, whether or not they have a legal or environmental background."―The Honourable Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, retired justice of the Supreme Court of Canada "David Boyd doesn't just talk about a paradigm shift, he shows u