Canada: Environment

Le ministère de l'Environnement, de la Protection de la nature et des Parcs de l'Ontario (le « ministère ») a publié d'importantes propositions de modifications législatives et réglementaires...

Osler's Legislative Update is a bi-weekly listing of new legislation. This issue covers legislation for the period 09/25 to 10/08.

Recent announcements by the federal and Québec governments signal a significant shift in Canada's electric vehicle (EV) policy landscape.

Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, received royal assent on June 26, 2025. The act enacts two new pieces of legislation: (1) the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act...

On September 26, 2025, the Government of Canada launched the first part of its risk management plan for regulating PFAS: consultation on the regulation of PFAS used in firefighting foams...

A particular area of interest is carbon-capture agri-tech, technologies that help farming not just reduce emissions but actively capture carbon (for instance, special crops or soil treatments that lock away carbon dioxide or farm machinery that traps greenhouse gases)

This information that follows is taken from sources including The Car Connection, Autoweek, Green Car Reports, and other industry sources.

On April 20, 2024, the federal Department of the Environment published a notice in the Gazette ("Notice") pursuant to section 46(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999...

The federal government has recently launched the Federal Plastics Registry (the "FPR"), a new initiative that establishes mandatory requirements to monitor and track plastics from manufacturing through to end-of-life.

On June 26 2025, the Electric Vehicle Battery Recovery Program (the "EV Battery Program"), originally an industry-led Quebec initiative, announced that it has now expanded across Canada.

The federal government has recently launched the Federal Plastics Registry (the "FPR"), a new initiative that establishes mandatory requirements to monitor and track plastics from manufacturing through to end-of-life.

In the first half of 2025, we have seen the continuation of innovative product stewardship and extended producer responsibility ("EPR") programs across the country.