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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

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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

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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

This bulletin is Part 1 of our three-part series on proposed changes to Ontario's evolving extended producer responsibility ("EPR") regimes and provides an overview of recently proposed amendments...

Canada Environment

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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

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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

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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

Qui paie la note? Responsabilité élargie des producteurs et possibles répercussions sur votre entreprise

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Who's Left Holding The Bag? Canadian Extended Producer Responsibility Requirements And How They May Impact Your Business

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Overview Of The Federal Plastics Registry

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Why Extended Producer Responsibility And The Circular Economy Demand Boardroom Action

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

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

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Powering Innovation: Updates On New And Clean Technology Interconnection Issues In Alberta And Ontario

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Cassels

Investment Opportunities In Canada: The Best Businesses To Start And Invest In.

Canada Immigration

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Sobirovs Law Firm

Canadian Intellectual Property Office "Next Generation Patents" Update And Status As Of May 13, 2025

SB

Smart & Biggar

The CRA Issues A New 'Income Tax Folio' On How Shareholder Loans And Debts Are Treated

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

BC Hydro Doubles Down: 2025 Call For Power Continues Clean Energy Push

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McMillan LLP

Carbon Reduction At The Municipal Level

Everyone has a part to play as the world moves toward 2030 and 2050 – important goal posts for carbon reduction in the fight against climate change under the Paris Agreement.

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Waste Not, Want Not: The Shifting Landscape Of Extended Producer Responsibility Programs In Canada

The way in which our economy extracts, uses and disposes of resources is placing ever increasing pressure on our ecosystems, as well as communities and public health.

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canada Cracks Down On Plastic: New Federal Plastics Registry

On April 20, 2024, the Government of Canada established a Federal Plastics Registry (the "Registry"), marking a significant move toward achieving its goal of zero plastic waste by 2030.

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Regulation Of Renewable Energy Projects In B.C.: Streamlined Approval Processes For Project Development

Building capacity for renewable energy projects is a key priority for the current British Columbia government and they have recently announced that they will introduce new legislation...

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Plan For The Ban (Double Update Edition): Canada's Proposed Roadmap To Extend The Life Of Plastics In Electronics And A New Plastics Recycling Standard Is Introduced

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Canada Publishes Phase 1 Guidance For The Reporting Of Plastics

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canada's First Deep Geological Repository Site Is Selected

Worldwide Energy

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Environment and Climate Regulation Comparative Guide

Canada Environment

SL

Siskinds LLP

Plan For The Ban: New Guidance Released On Canada's Federal Plastics Registry

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Towards "Holistic" Assessment – Part II: Public Comment Period For Draft Directive Changes

Canada Environment

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

Introducing EPR In Alberta: How Municipalities Can Navigate This New Waste Diversion Model

Canada Environment

CC

CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

From Waste To Resource: Cyclic Materials' CAD $71M Series B Financing To Expand Rare Earth Recycling Infrastructure

Canada Environment

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Goodmans LLP

CCUS PART II: Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage In Alberta

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

Federal Plastic Registry

Canada Environment

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Froese Law

Introducing EPR In Alberta: How Municipalities Can Navigate This New Waste Diversion Model

In an effort to reduce waste and encourage recycling, Alberta's new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program is making producers responsible for collecting...

Canada Environment

CC

CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

From Waste To Resource: Cyclic Materials' CAD $71M Series B Financing To Expand Rare Earth Recycling Infrastructure

As we approach the end of 2024, advancements in clean energy are taking center stage. In this dynamic landscape, Cyclic Materials has carved out a vital niche...

Canada Environment

GL

Goodmans LLP

CCUS PART II: Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage In Alberta

This article is the second in a two-part series addressing legal issues surrounding Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage ("CCUS")/Carbon Capture and Storage ("CCS") in Alberta.

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

Federal Plastic Registry

As part of Canada's commitment to achieving zero plastic waste by 2030, the Government of Canada is taking bold steps to reduce plastic pollution and transition to a circular economy.

Canada Environment

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Froese Law

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

Canada Environment

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Froese Law

Court Of Appeal Rules Waste Rock And Tailings From Historic Mine Belong To Mine Operator

Erin Reimer and Özge Yazar, lawyers in MT+Co.'s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group, recently represented the Tahltan Central Government as an intervenor in the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Titerle + Company

BC Court Of Appeal Resolves Important Dispute Over Mineral Rights

On July 4, 2024, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released a landmark decision in Skeena Resources Ltd. v. Mill, 2024 BCCA 249...

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Officer And Director Liability For Environmental Offences May Not Require Proof Of Knowledge Of The Underlying Infraction: R. v. Mossman, 2024 BCSC 443

The lengthy and storied judicial history of the environmental prosecutions arising from Banks Island Gold Ltd.'s ("BIG") mining operations in Northwestern British Columbia (BC) is not over and its full impact is not yet clear.

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Plan for the Ban – Construction Industry Targeted in Canada's Federal Plastics Registry

With the federal government facing mounting pressure to take steps to decrease Canadians' plastic usage and enhance sustainable practices amongst businesses operating in Canada,

Canada Real Estate

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McMillan LLP

Canada Announces Creation Of A Federal Plastics Registry

Canada Environment

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Fasken

Plan For The Ban: Canada's Federal Plastics Registry – Let's Talk Reporting Obligations

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

The Quick And Dirty On Ontario's Latest Amendments To The Excess Soil Regulation

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Canada Publishes Notice For The Reporting Of Plastic

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Final Notice Regarding The Plastics Registry Is Issued – Is Your Business Targeted?

Canada Compliance

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

L'Environmental Appeal Board souligne l'importance d'énoncer les droits des Autochtones dès le début du processus de consultation

Canada Environment

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Fasken (French)

CNSC Approves Nuclear Waste Disposal Site At Chalk River Laboratories

Canada Environment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Plan For The Ban: Canada's Draft Notice For Federal Plastics Registry Provides Additional Insights On Reporting Requirements

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Canada's Zero Plastic Waste Agenda: Update

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: A Review Of 2023 And Beyond

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

No Trash Talk: Infrastructure Investors' Spiking Interest In Waste Assets

Worldwide Environment

AM

Alvarez & Marsal

The Packaging Dilemma

Canada Healthcare

GW

Gowling WLG

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

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Key Tax Measures In The 2023 Fall Economic Statement

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Federal Court Rules That The Basis For The Canadian Government's Prohibitions On Single-Use Plastics Is Unconstitutional

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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