FOE's first annual Score Card of Environmental Rights found Alberta, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island were the worst performers, scoring a 'D'. The Yukon and Ontario received the highest scores of 'B+' and a 'B', respectively.

"The inadequacy of our environmental rights is shocking," says Beatrice Olivastri, CEO, Friends of the Earth Canada. "We are dismayed to see the discrepancy between jurisdictions in environmental rights afforded Canadians."

"Manitoba's 'public' registry system fails to include complete documents, delays in posting are frequent, and while online 'registries' are improving, but they have a long way to go. The CEC takes down its online materials, rather than keeping archives. Notice periods were also just reduced, through an Environment Act amendment," comments Gaile Whelan Enns, of Manitoba Wildlands.