Endangered Species Act: Challenge to Exemptions
Ecojustice will be in court today. It will argue, on behalf of Ontario Nature and Wildlands League that Regulation 176/13, which allows major industries, such as forestry and mining developments, to avoid strict standards intended to protect at-risk species and their habitats, undermines and…
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Getting rid of coal in electricity generation made Ontario Canada’s leader in reducing GHG emissions. Now that we have a remarkably climate-friendly electrical system, what about other uses of coal in Ontario? The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) says it will ge…
View the post titled New regulations to reduce coal?Follow Up on Seller's Environmental Assessment Reports
Last month we blogged about a case out of Newfoundland in which a buyer’s negligence lawsuit against a seller’s environmental consultant was tossed out because the buyer had no right to rely on the environmental assessment report issued by the consultant for the seller. That arti…
View the post titled Follow Up on Seller's Environmental Assessment ReportsPollution Probe Honours Dokis First Nation Power Project
Chief Denise Restoule of the Dokis First Nation attended the 2014 Pollution Probe Gala to accept Pollution Probe’s 2014 Sustainability Award in connection with the Okikendawt Project—a 10 MW hydroelectric facility being developed by the Dokis First Nation with Hydromega Services Inc. New wat…
View the post titled Pollution Probe Honours Dokis First Nation Power ProjectMunicipalities awarded $115 MM for 2014 Blue Box
Stewardship Ontario must pay Ontario municipalities $115,172,322 for operating residential blue box programs in 2014, about $20 million more than Stewardship Ontario had proposed for 2014
View the post titled Municipalities awarded $115 MM for 2014 Blue BoxRegulators of fracking negligent? Case update
Protecting administrative tribunals and their members from liability for negligence in regulating fracking held to be constitutionally legitimate
View the post titled Regulators of fracking negligent? Case updateB.C. Court: No Abuse of Water Approvals for Fracking
Because fracking consumes a huge amount of water, Western Canada Wilderness Committee (WCWC) and the Sierra Club of B.C. recently challenged how the B.C. government grants water use approvals to oil and gas companies. The government gives a series of short term approvals for fracking, freque…
View the post titled B.C. Court: No Abuse of Water Approvals for FrackingWhat should you do if you’ve been injured outside of Ontario? An update on Club Resorts Ltd v Van Breda
Introduction A motor vehicle accident is a stressful event, but if you are involved in one outside of your home province it can be even more confusing. If legal action is necessary to get the compensation you deserve, it isn’t always immediately clear if you should sue in Ontario or in the p…
View the post titled What should you do if you’ve been injured outside of Ontario? An update on Club Resorts Ltd v Van BredaProposed legislation will end preferential tax treatment for Testamentary trusts by 1 January 2016
In October 2014, the Federal Government tabled a Notice of Ways and Means Motion to implement changes to the Income Tax Act (‘ITA’) proposed in the 2014 Federal Budget. The government first disclosed its concern about perceived abuses of the tax treatment of testamentary trusts in the 2013 F…
View the post titled Proposed legislation will end preferential tax treatment for Testamentary trusts by 1 January 2016Buyer can't rely on Seller's Environmental Reports
A recent decision out of Newfoundland should remind prospective purchasers of real estate NOT to count on Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) or other environmental reports commissioned by the seller, unless they acquire a specific contractual right to rely on that report, e.g. through a r…
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