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The Benefits Of Adopting The New European Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard For Canadian SMEs

Since Donald Trump took office, the global political landscape has undergone a major transformation. U.S.-imposed tariffs and uncertainty surrounding the renegotiation...

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Plan For The Ban: UPDATE Environment Canada Clarifies Timing For Delay Of Phases 2 & 3 Of Canada’s Federal Plastics Registry

In January 2026, Environment and Climate Change Canada (“ECCC”) announced that all reporting requirements for Phases 2 and 3 of Canada’s Federal Plastics Registry will be delayed...

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Wine: A Hazardous Material In Quebec? Proposed Changes In The Regulation To Amend The Regulation Respecting Hazardous Materials

The classification of "alcoholic beverages" under Quebec's Regulation respecting hazardous materials ("RHM") is no small matter for producers...

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Le vin est-il une matière dangereuse au Québec? Ce que change le Projet de règlement modifiant le Règlement sur les matières dangereuses

Aujourd'hui, la réponse est « peut-être », demain, la réponse sera « non »!...

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Exploration Agreements In Manitoba: Tips And Pitfalls

Canada Environment

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Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

Full Steam Ahead: Managing Environmental Risk In Canada's Emerging Data Centre Market

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Les administrateurs et les dirigeants peuvent être tenus responsables d'infractions environnementales commises à leur insu

Canada Environment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Court Of Appeal Confirms Director And Officer Liability For Environmental Offences Does Not Require Knowledge Of The Offence

Canada Environment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canada Enacts New Prohibitions Of Certain PFAS And Other Chemicals Under Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Alberta And Canada Publish Draft Co‑operation Agreement On Environmental And Impact Assessment

Canada Environment

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Canada Publishes Nanomaterials Risk Assessment Framework

Canada Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Northern Ontario's Ring Of Fire: Key Infrastructure Milestones From 2025

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Officer And Director Liability For Environmental Offences Confirmed On Appeal: R. v. Mossman, 2026 BCCA 75

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Federal Court Clarifies Applicability And Mechanisms For Repeal Of First Nations' Financial Administration Laws

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

The Court Says Fairness Comes First In CRA Decisions, Godin v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FC 1386

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Why Organizations Initiate Workplace Culture Assessments: Reactive Triggers And Proactive Opportunities

Canada Employment

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Bernardi

How To Master The 24-Month Holding Period Requirement For QSBC Shares And Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption In Canada

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

2026 Thresholds For Canadian Merger Reviews

Canada Anti-trust

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Torys LLP

Canada's Anti-Deferral Regime And The FAPI Rules: When Offshore Trust Structures Trigger More Tax

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

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Legislative Update Report No. 2026-06

Osler's Legislative Update is a bi-weekly listing of new legislation. This issue covers legislation for the period 03/05 to 03/18.

Canada Government

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

The Benefits Of Adopting The New European Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard For Canadian SMEs

Since Donald Trump took office, the global political landscape has undergone a major transformation. U.S.-imposed tariffs and uncertainty surrounding the renegotiation...

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Le vin est-il une matière dangereuse au Québec? Ce que change le Projet de règlement modifiant le Règlement sur les matières dangereuses

Aujourd'hui, la réponse est « peut-être », demain, la réponse sera « non »!...

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Wine: A Hazardous Material In Quebec? Proposed Changes In The Regulation To Amend The Regulation Respecting Hazardous Materials

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Plan For The Ban: UPDATE Environment Canada Clarifies Timing For Delay Of Phases 2 & 3 Of Canada’s Federal Plastics Registry

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Top 5 Things To Know About PDAC 2026 And Canada's Critical Minerals Strategy

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Wildeboer Dellelce LLP

Exploration Agreements In Manitoba: Tips And Pitfalls

Canada Environment

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Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

Full Steam Ahead: Managing Environmental Risk In Canada's Emerging Data Centre Market

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Packaging Regulation Accelerates: What Businesses In The Food, Beverage And Agribusiness Sector Need To Know

Canada Healthcare

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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Climate Change

Plan For The Ban: UPDATE Environment Canada Clarifies Timing For Delay Of Phases 2 & 3 Of Canada’s Federal Plastics Registry

In January 2026, Environment and Climate Change Canada (“ECCC”) announced that all reporting requirements for Phases 2 and 3 of Canada’s Federal Plastics Registry will be delayed...

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Canada Publishes Nanomaterials Risk Assessment Framework

On March 5, 2026, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Health Canada (HC) published...

Canada Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Indigenous Communities In The North Central To Canada's New Defence Industrial Strategy

Canada's newly released multi-billion-dollar Defence Industrial Strategy (the "Strategy") represents a new effort to rebuild Canada's defence and industrial capacity...

Canada Government

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canadian Federal And Provincial Cleantech Funding Initiatives

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Fasken

Plan For The Ban: Proposed Amendments Scrapping Export Ban For Single-Use Plastics Published

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: A Review Of 2025 And Beyond

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

Listed And Lawful: Canada's Federal Court Of Appeal Upholds Federal Government's Listing Of Plastic As Toxic

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canada Fines Cosmetics Company For Violating CEPA, Including Failing To Submit A Significant New Activity Notification

Canada Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

ECCC Announces Delay To The Reporting Requirements Under Phases 2 And 3 Of The Federal Plastics Registry

Canada Environment

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Bennett Jones LLP

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Clean Air / Pollution

The Benefits Of Adopting The New European Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard For Canadian SMEs

Since Donald Trump took office, the global political landscape has undergone a major transformation. U.S.-imposed tariffs and uncertainty surrounding the renegotiation...

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 2 – 6, 2026)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario from March 2, 2026 to March 6, 2026.

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Transport Canada Signals Expanded Regulatory Focus On Hazardous And Noxious Substances In Renewed Marine Emergency Services Consultations

Transport Canada has launched a second round of consultations on proposed regulations intended to increase access to marine emergency services and strengthen responses to pollution incidents under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001.

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

La plus récente décision du Canada concernant le plastique et ses répercussions sur votre stratégie ESG

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Listed And Lawful: Canada's Federal Court Of Appeal Upholds Federal Government's Listing Of Plastic As Toxic

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Implementation Framework For The Right To A Healthy Environment Under CEPA

Canada Environment

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

A New Problem For EV Fast Chargers: Air Pollution

Canada Environment

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Crowe MacKay LLP

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

Canada Environment

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

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

Canada Environment

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WeirFoulds LLP

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Waste Management

The Benefits Of Adopting The New European Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard For Canadian SMEs

Since Donald Trump took office, the global political landscape has undergone a major transformation. U.S.-imposed tariffs and uncertainty surrounding the renegotiation...

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Plan For The Ban: UPDATE Environment Canada Clarifies Timing For Delay Of Phases 2 & 3 Of Canada’s Federal Plastics Registry

In January 2026, Environment and Climate Change Canada (“ECCC”) announced that all reporting requirements for Phases 2 and 3 of Canada’s Federal Plastics Registry will be delayed...

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Plan For The Ban: Proposed Amendments Scrapping Export Ban For Single-Use Plastics Published

On October 20, 2025, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada ("ECCC") announced on X that the Federal Government will no longer be pursuing the single-use plastics export ban under the Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations.

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: A Review Of 2025 And Beyond

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

Government Of Canada Updates Prohibition Of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

La plus récente décision du Canada concernant le plastique et ses répercussions sur votre stratégie ESG

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

ECCC Announces Delay To The Reporting Requirements Under Phases 2 And 3 Of The Federal Plastics Registry

Canada Environment

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Bennett Jones LLP

Canada's Latest Plastics Decision And What It Means For Your ESG Strategy

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

How Is Canada Managing The End-of-life For EV Batteries?

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

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Latest Videos

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What Is BD&P's Role In Environmental Defence (Video)

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

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

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Influencers In Toronto: Spotlight On Natalie Mullins (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Key Takeaways From Our "Corporate Climate Change" Panel Discussion

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

The Energy Transition Series: Smart Cities (Video)

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

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