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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

ML

McMillan LLP

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

In Part 2 of our three-part series on proposed changes to Ontario's extended producer responsibility ("EPR") regimes, we provide an overview of the recently...

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Safety First: Refusal To Comply With Safety Program Warrants Dismissal

In a recent decision, Waste Management of Canada Corporation v Unifor, Local 4268, Arbitrator Wilson upheld the dismissal of a long service employee...

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

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

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

Carbon Reduction At The Municipal Level

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

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

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Ontario Court Comments On AI Competency

Canada Technology

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Stablecorp Raises $2.5 Million For QCAD Stablecoin

Canada Technology

GL

Goodmans LLP

Remedies For Reprisal: Reinstatement And The Duty To Mitigate Under The Employment Standards Act, 2000

Canada Employment

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Lerners LLP

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

SB

Smart & Biggar

Overview And Analysis Of The GENIUS Act

ML

McMillan 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...

BL

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's progress towards its objective of zero plastic waste by 2030 continues with the government's publication of its Proposed Roadmap to Extend the Life of Plastics in End-of-Use Electronics...

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Canada Publishes Phase 1 Guidance For The Reporting Of Plastics

On December 31, 2024, the Government of Canada published a guide for reporting to the Federal Plastics Registry (Registry). As discussed in our previous bulletin...

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canada's First Deep Geological Repository Site Is Selected

Worldwide Energy

BL

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

GL

Goodmans LLP

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

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

Federal Plastic Registry

Canada Environment

F

Froese Law

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

Canada Environment

F

Froese Law

ESG Clauses In Commercial Leases

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon 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

F

Froese Law

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

The Government of Canada has conducted a consultation process on its draft outline to address plastic waste and pollution in the textile and apparel industry. This draft outline fits into the Government of Canada's larger...

Canada Environment

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Froese Law

ESG Clauses In Commercial Leases

Les facteurs ESG, c'est-à-dire les facteurs environnementaux, sociaux et de gouvernance, sont désormais bien présents dans les politiques des organisations.

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Mandatory Survey For Manufacturers, Importers And Users Of PFAS

Canada Environment

GR

Gardiner Roberts 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

ML

McMillan LLP

Canada Announces Creation Of A Federal Plastics Registry

On the eve of the fourth session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (or INC-4) on Plastic Pollution in Ottawa, the Federal Government announced the creation...

Canada Environment

F

Fasken

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

On April 20, 2024, the Government of Canada published the final notice for the establishment of the Federal Plastics Registry (the "Notice") under section 46(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 ("CEPA").

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

GW

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

Mining Laws & Regulations 2024

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Lawson Lundell LLP

ECCC Consultation On Food Contact Plastic Packaging Pollution Prevention Plan Requirements

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

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