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Alberta Court Of Appeal Confirms Scope & Application Of Redwater Outside Of Formal Bankruptcy Regime
MLT Aikins LLP
In a landmark decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal (the Court) clarified the non-applicability of Redwater‘s environmental contamination principles to disputes between landowners outside insolvency proceedings.
MLT Aikins LLP
The move to low carbon technology and technological developments is spurring global demand for critical minerals – leading to predictions of long-term shortages of minerals that are essential components for clean energy and other green technologies.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On November 21, 2023, the 2023 Fall Economic Statement (Fall Economic Statement) was tabled in the House of Commons. The Fall Economic Statement can be found here.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
On November 30, 2023, Bill C-59 received first reading in the House of Commons and the Department of Finance released detailed Explanatory Notes.
Miller Thomson LLP
The Government of Ontario recently proposed modifications to the Environmental Assessment Act[1] (the "EAA") through Bill 162, Get It Done Act, 2024 aimed at making it faster and easier...
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
On March 13, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) released Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS) for public consultation.
Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP
On January 18, 2024, the Governments of Canada and Manitoba, Indigenous nations, and the Seal River Watershed Alliance signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)...
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Legislation for the period 03/07 to 03/20
Fasken
On February 12, 2024, the Federal Court issued its decision, Benga Mining Limited v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change), 2024 FC 231, which addressed three applications for judicial review...
Bennett Jones LLP
On March 13, 2024, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) released exposure drafts of its first two proposed Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (Proposed Standards).
McMillan LLP
Administrative Monetary Penalties ("AMPs") are increasingly being used by Canadian regulators as sanctions for all manner of regulatory non-compliance.
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
The Alberta Court of Appeal issued its decision in Paramount Resources Ltd. v. Grey Owl Engineering Ltd. on February 21, 2024.
Taylor McCaffrey
The Federal Court of Canada has delivered a landmark decision in the case of Western Canada Wilderness Committee v Canada (Environment and Climate Change)...
Fasken
On February 20, 2024, the Ontario government introduced a change to the Environmental Assessment Act (the "Act") that will impact the expropriation process.
Fasken
On December 12, 2023, the British Columbia Environmental Appeal Board ("EAB") released its decision in Tŝilhqot'in National Government v. Director, Environmental Management Act, 2023 BCEAB 37.
Aird & Berlis LLP
Ontario is moving forward with changes to the current environmental assessment ("EA") process for municipal infrastructure projects.
Fasken (French)
Le 12 décembre 2023, l'Environmental Appeal Board (l'« EAB ») de la Colombie-Britannique a rendu sa décision dans l'affaire Tŝilhqot'in National Government v. Director, Environmental Management Act...
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Legislation for the period 02/08 to 02/21
Dentons
The Ontario legislature reopened on February 20, 2024, with further land use planning changes. These changes were primarily packaged as part of an omnibus bill aimed at reducing red tape...
Dentons
Environmental law continued to be a hot topic of debate in Canada in 2023, as various challenges to federal government efforts to regulate the environment came to a head.
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