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Important Changes To Records Of Site Condition And (Yet Again) Excess Soils

On October 23rd and 24th, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks ("MECP") finalized significant regulatory amendments under the Environmental Protection Act ("EPA")...

Canada Environment

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WeirFoulds LLP

Alberta Energy Regulator Finds Athabasca River Basin Is Not A 'Person'

On October 22, 2025, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released its decision (RA decision) dismissing a regulatory appeal filed by Ecojustice on behalf of the Athabasca River Basin...

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Financial Regulators Assess Climate Resilience Of Canadian Financial Institutions

On September 11, 2025, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), Quebec's financial markets regulator, and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)...

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Greenwashing – Out With The Old, In With The New

Walk into almost any store and you'll be greeted by products promising eco-friendliness, low emissions, and carbon neutrality. The imagery is soothing—leaves, rivers, and bright green logos all signalling...

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Propositions d'importantes modifications à la Loi de 2025 sur la conservation des espèces à venir

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Bill C-5 And The Building Canada Act: Federal Government Seeks To Fast-Track 'National Interest' Projects

Canada Environment

AB

Aird & Berlis LLP

Canada Consults On Phase 1 Of Risk Management For PFAS

Canada Environment

TL

Torys LLP

Ontario Proposes Significant Changes To The Forthcoming Species Conservation Act, 2025

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Alberta Announces Changes To TIER: What You Need To Know

Canada Environment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Application For Extension To Federal Plastics Registry Deadline Of September 29

Canada Environment

WL

WeirFoulds LLP

L'Ontario publie la version définitive des vastes modifications à la réglementation sur les boîtes bleues

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Navigating Climate Challenge: Key Themes For Business At New York Climate Week

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Ontario Finalizes Significant Amendments To The Blue Box Regulation

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

District Of Tofino Passes Sustainability By-Law Banning Sale Of Single-use Plastic Water Bottles

Canada Environment

WG

Watson Goepel LLP

End Of The [Rail]Road: CN Plans To Discontinue Former BC Rail Line

Canada Transport

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McMillan LLP

BC Supreme Court's Recent Cowichan Decision

Canada Litigation

BD

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

A Broken Vase Can't Always Be Fixed: When Employees Lie In The Workplace

Canada Employment

PH

Piccolo Heath

Close, But No Bad Faith: The Fine Line Between Insurers Being Wrong And Acting In Bad Faith

Canada Insurance

FR

Fillmore Riley

First-Time Buying A Home In Canada: Essential Tax Incentives And Rebates You Should Know

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

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Important Changes To Records Of Site Condition And (Yet Again) Excess Soils

On October 23rd and 24th, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks ("MECP") finalized significant regulatory amendments under the Environmental Protection Act ("EPA")...

Canada Environment

WL

WeirFoulds LLP

Alberta Energy Regulator Finds Athabasca River Basin Is Not A 'Person'

On October 22, 2025, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released its decision (RA decision) dismissing a regulatory appeal filed by Ecojustice on behalf of the Athabasca River Basin...

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Protecting Public Interest Expression

Sheridan Retail Inc v Roy, a recent Ontario Superior Court decision, emphasizes the potency of Ontario's anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) rules...

Canada Litigation

PV

Pallett Valo LLP

Significant Amendments Announced To The Accord Acts – Final Update

CP

Cox & Palmer

Des organismes de réglementation financière évaluent la résilience climatique des institutions financières canadiennes

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Le Canada et la Nouvelle-Écosse publient une orientation stratégique pour le projet Wind West Atlantic Energy

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Quebec Throttles Back On Its ZEV Sales Mandate

Canada Transport

ML

McMillan LLP

Financial Regulators Assess Climate Resilience Of Canadian Financial Institutions

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Greenwashing – Out With The Old, In With The New

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

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Waste Management

Quebec's EV Battery Recovery Program Goes Nationwide

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.

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Are You Ready For The New Plastics Registry Reporting Due September 29?

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.

Canada Environment

WL

WeirFoulds LLP

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: 2025 Summer Update

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

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Proposed Changes To Ontario's Recycling Regime (Part 1): Amendments To The Resource Recovery And Circular Economy Act, 2016

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Proposed Changes To Ontario's Recycling Regime (Part 2): Amendments To The Blue Box Regulation

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Safety First: Refusal To Comply With Safety Program Warrants Dismissal

Canada Employment

FW

Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP

Proposed Changes To Ontario's Recycling Regime (Part 3): RPRA Collection System, Management Requirements And Performance Credits Guidance

Canada Law Performance

ML

McMillan LLP

Reporting Requirements: Federal Plastics Registry Phase 1

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Plan For The Ban: Federal Plastics Registry Portal Is Now Live

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

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Clean Air / Pollution

A New Problem For EV Fast Chargers: Air Pollution

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

Canada Environment

CM

Crowe MacKay LLP

Phase 1 Of The Federal Plastics Registry: Deadline To Submit Reports Fast Approaching

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...

Canada Environment

BD

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Are You Ready For The New Plastics Registry Reporting Due September 29?

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.

Canada Environment

WL

WeirFoulds LLP

Ontario's SEZs: A Legislative Power Grab Endangering Indigenous Rights And The Environment

Canada Environment

JFK Law LLP

Plan For The Ban: Federal Plastics Registry Portal Is Now Live

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Guidance Published For Reporting To The Federal Plastics Registry – Phase 1

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Plan For The Ban: Global Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations On Pause

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Commeth The Hour, Commeth The Corporate: Will 2025 See Business Leaders Become The Most Important Climate Advocates?

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Environmental Law 2024 - Law And Practice

Canada Environment

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Lawson Lundell LLP

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Climate Change

Des organismes de réglementation financière évaluent la résilience climatique des institutions financières canadiennes

Le 11 septembre dernier, l'Autorité des marchés financiers (l'« AMF ») et le Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (le « BSIF ») ont publié conjointement un rapport...

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Financial Regulators Assess Climate Resilience Of Canadian Financial Institutions

On September 11, 2025, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), Quebec's financial markets regulator, and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)...

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Bill C-5 And The Building Canada Act: Federal Government Seeks To Fast-Track 'National Interest' Projects

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...

Canada Environment

AB

Aird & Berlis LLP

Canada Consults On Phase 1 Of Risk Management For PFAS

Canada Environment

TL

Torys LLP

Fast Tracks And Green Gaps Part IV: Shifting Gears: How The United States' Exit From Climate Protection Fuels Canada's IP Advantage

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Application For Extension To Federal Plastics Registry Deadline Of September 29

Canada Environment

WL

WeirFoulds LLP

Powering The Future: SMRs, Nuclear Fuel, And Decarbonizing The Mining Sector

TL

Torys LLP

Navigating Climate Challenge: Key Themes For Business At New York Climate Week

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Fast Tracks And Green Gaps Part II: Innovation Interrupted: What The End Of The USPTO's Green Program Means For Agri-Tech

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

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Latest Videos

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How Recent Amendments To The Competition Act Raise The Stakes For Environmental Claims (Video)

GW

Gowling WLG

Increased Scrutiny, Novel Measures, And Higher Penalties: Trends In Environmental Investigations, Enforcement, And Prosecutions (Video)

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Driving Ontario Municipalities Forward (Video)

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Key Takeaways From Our "Corporate Climate Change" Panel Discussion

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Environmental Crises: Management Of Risks And Liabilities - Video

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Dentons Canada LLP

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