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

Ontario's Bill 5, the "Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025,"[1] has unleashed a torrent of criticism.

Canada Environment

JFK Law LLP

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

The federal government has now launched the reporting platform for Canada's Federal Plastics Registry. With the first reporting deadline looming on September 29, 2025 for the 2024 calendar year...

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

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

On December 31, 2024, the Government of Canada released the Guide for Reporting to the Federal Plastics Registry – Phase 1 (the Guide).

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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

The United Nations' efforts towards establishing a legally binding global plastics treaty have encountered an obstacle resulting in recent negotiations coming to an end on December 1, 2024 without reaching an agreement.

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

sL

Lawson Lundell LLP

Canada's Proposals For Implementing A Modernized CEPA

Canada Environment

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Defining Detection: The Fight Over Coverage In Paramount v. Chubb Insurance

Canada Insurance

CC

CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Interpreting Detection Provisions In Pollution Insurance: Insight From The Court Of Appeal Of Alberta

Canada Insurance

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Textile And Apparel Industry Consultation To Help Canada Deter Plastic Waste And Pollution

Canada Environment

F

Froese Law

In Case You Missed It… The Comment Period On The Federal Government Consultation On Plastic Waste And Pollution From Textile And Apparel Sector Closes September 1

Canada Environment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Energy Insight – Making Dollars And Sense Of Carbon Markets – Part 2: Carbon Pricing

ML

McMillan LLP

Messages clés : aperçu du marché pancanadien du carbone

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Harmony At Last? Amendments To Canada's Impact Assessment Act Seek To Harmonize Federal And Provincial Assessments

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Wagg Motions: Reforms Needed To Stop Delays And Unnecessary Costs When Accessing Criminal Records For Civil Sexual Assault Proceedings

Canada Litigation

LL

Lerners LLP

Frustration Of Contract: When Performance Becomes Impossible

Canada Employment

MB

McCague Borlack LLP

Using COVID-19 Benefits Fraudulently Will Get You Charged With Tax Evasion By The CRA

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Implications Of The GENIUS Act On Stablecoins In Canada

Canada Technology

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Stablecorp Raises $2.5 Million For QCAD Stablecoin

Canada Technology

GL

Goodmans LLP

Historic Advisory Opinion Issued By The International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea On States' International Obligations Regarding Oceans And Climate Change

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ("ITLOS" or the "Tribunal") issued its advisory opinion (read the opinion here) on State obligations under international law...

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Are "Surgical" Amendments Enough? Debates Surrounding The Proposed Amendments To The Impact Assessment Act

On June 10, 2024, the Senate received the Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources ("ENEV") Standing Committee's Report regarding the proposed amendments to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA).

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Constructive Expropriation

In the Supreme Court of Canada decision of Annapolis Group Inc. v Halifax Regional Municipality, 2022 SCC 36 [Annapolis], the Court clarified the test for a "constructive expropriation".

Canada Real Estate

RM

Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer

Amendments To Impact Assessment Act Released – Triage Or Major Surgery?

Draft amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act (the IAA or the Act) were released on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, as part of a Notice of Ways and Means Motion...

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

When To Extend The Limitation Period In Environmental Claims: Alberta Court Of Appeal Issues Its Latest Ruling

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Advancing Regulatory Tools For Climate-resilient Buildings

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Pipeline Predicaments: A Showdown Of Environmental Liability In Alberta's Court Of Appeal

Canada Environment

CC

CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Federal Court Strikes Down Order Designating Plastics As Toxic Substances

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Packaging Dilemma

Canada Healthcare

GW

Gowling WLG

Court Rules Federal Cabinet Acted Outside Their Authority By Broadly Designating Plastic Manufactured Items As Toxic

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Stick A (Plastic) Fork In It: Canadian Federal Plastics Designation Declared Unlawful

Canada Environment

D

Dentons

B.C. Government Enforces 'Polluter Pays' Principle With Environmental Management Act

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

The Federal Court Rules That The Order Labelling Plastics As A Toxic Substance Is Unreasonable And Unconstitutional

Canada Environment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Impact Assessment Act Found To Be Mostly Unconstitutional

Canada Environment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Stick A (Plastic) Fork In It: Canadian Federal Plastics Designation Declared Unlawful

On November 16, 2023, the Federal Court of Canada (Court) released its decision in Responsible Plastic Use Coalition v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change).

Canada Environment

D

Dentons

B.C. Government Enforces 'Polluter Pays' Principle With Environmental Management Act

On November 8, 2023, proposed amendments to British Columbia's Environmental Management Act, SBC 2003, c 53 (EMA) received royal assent.

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

The Federal Court Rules That The Order Labelling Plastics As A Toxic Substance Is Unreasonable And Unconstitutional

The Federal Court of Canada (Court) released its decision on November 16, 2023, in Responsible Plastics Use Coalition v Canada,1 which held that the Federal Government's labelling...

Canada Environment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Impact Assessment Act Found To Be Mostly Unconstitutional

In the highly anticipated Reference re Impact Assessment Act, 2023 SCC 23 the majority (5-2) of the Supreme Court of Canada...

Canada Environment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

What Now? The Supreme Court Of Canada Finds The Federal Impact Assessment Act Largely Unconstitutional

Canada Environment

C

Cassels

Alberta's Carbon Pricing Emissions Trading System: Criminal Charges Laid

On May 3, 2023, the Alberta Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas charged Amberg Corp., a private environmental services company, and an individual director or officer...

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Plan For The Ban: UNEP Issues Report Offering Insight And Guidance For World's First Global Plastics Pollution Treaty

This is the eighth bulletin in our "Plan for the Ban" series regarding prohibitions and increased regulation of single-use plastics relevant to Canadian businesses and companies...

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Updating Saskatchewan's Environmental Protection Legislation

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment is seeking input for a legislative review of The Environmental Management and Protection Act, 2010 (EMPA 2010).

Canada Environment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

New Restrictions And Prohibitions Affecting Single-Use Items And Plastics

The Government of Canada reports that Canadians use almost 15 billion plastic bags every year, and approximately 16 million plastic straws every day. Canada has identified plastic pollution...

Canada Environment

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

Saskatchewan Releases Emissions-reduction Regulations

Canada Environment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

False Or Misleading Claims In Big Oil: Risk On Both Sides Of The Coin

Canada Environment

D

Dentons

The ‘Polluter Pays' Principle: Proposed Amendments To The Environmental Management Act May Usher In A New Era For B.C. Industrial Companies

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Sierra Club Of British Columbia Foundation V. British Columbia

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Alberta's Emissions Reduction And Energy Development Plan

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

"Green" Hydrogen Power: Using Water To Reach Net-Zero

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Alberta Wildfires And Workplace Health And Safety: What Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

C

Cassels

La qualité est clé – Pour des crédits carbone de grande intégrité dans un monde à faibles émissions

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Canada Provincial Carbon Regimes: A Mixed Bag To Fight Climate Change¹

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Plastics Recyclability Labelling And Registry Consultations Launched

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Québec Publie Un Second Omnibus Règlementaire En Matière Environnementale

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Quebec Publishes A Second Environmental Regulatory Omnibus

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Canada's Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System

PL

Procido LLP

Canada's Budget 2023: Compromise And Competition – Climate, Carbon And CCfDs

ML

McMillan LLP

Incorporating ESG Practices And Principles In Loan Transactions

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

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