On July 27, 2024, the Federal Government published a Notice with respect to certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Canada Gazette under paragraph 71(1)(b) of Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999...more
On February 16, 2024, the Canadian government released an update on the Draft Clean Energy Regulations (Draft CER) and provided some proposed changes in response to the significant feedback affected parties provided on the...more
As leaders around the world gathered at the 28th meeting of Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28), the Federal Government released details for a number of policy...more
The Federal Court of Canada (Court) released its decision on November 16, 2023, in Responsible Plastics Use Coalition v Canada, which held that the Federal Government's labelling of all Plastic Manufactured Items (PMI) as...more
11/27/2023
/ Canada ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Court Litigation ,
Labeling ,
Manufacturers ,
Plastics ,
Pollution Control ,
Product Labels ,
Supreme Court of Canada ,
Toxic Chemicals
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has issued an opinion that the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) and its Physical Activities Regulations are largely unconstitutional....more
The Province of Alberta referred two constitutional questions to the Alberta Court of Appeal -
- whether the federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA), part of Bill C-69, is unconstitutional in whole; and
- whether certain...more
Demand for rare earth and critical minerals like lithium, uranium, nickel and vanadium is growing worldwide. Recently, the government of Alberta has taken steps to position the province as a contributor to this emerging...more
On July 16, 2020, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) released its Strategic Assessment of Climate Change (SACC). The SACC provides detailed new guidance to project proponents required to assess climate change...more
As we noted in our earlier blogs, Environmental/Regulatory Reporting Relief: Alberta Temporarily Suspends Reporting Requirements for Certain Authorizations and Alberta Energy Announces Additional Suspensions to Regulatory...more
The recent decision by the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC) in Yahey v British Columbia (2018 BCSC 123, 25 January 2018) offers interesting insight into the circumstances in which benefit sharing agreements and...more
2/12/2018
/ Benefit Sharing Agreements ,
Breach of Duty ,
Canada ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
First Nations ,
Land Developers ,
Native American Issues ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Supreme Court of British Columbia ,
Transparency ,
Treaty 8 Rights