Premier Doug Ford Directs OEB to Remove Carbon Tax
On August 29, 2018 Premier Doug Ford announced the removal of the cost of carbon tax from natural gas rates by October 1, 2018. The Minister of Energy, Norther Development and Mines, Greg Rickford, wrote to the Ontario Energy Board (“OEB”) setting out the government’s expectations that natur…
View the post titled Premier Doug Ford Directs OEB to Remove Carbon TaxOntario Court of Justice Sentences Corporation and its Director to $420,000 Fine and 45-day jail term for Contravention of PCB Regulations of Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
Environment and Climate Change Canada has reported that on August 21, 2018, a Collingwood corporation and its director were sentenced to a $420,000 fine plus a 45-day jail term, for 10 counts of contravening the PCB Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, and one c…
View the post titled Ontario Court of Justice Sentences Corporation and its Director to $420,000 Fine and 45-day jail term for Contravention of PCB Regulations of Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999Fortis Alberta Ordered to pay $300,000.00 fine for Unreported Oil Spill
On August 15, 2018, the Provincial Court of Alberta ordered the electrical utility, FortisAlberta, to pay a $300,000.00 fine for failing to report an oil spill in a timely manner. The spill related to potentially dangerous polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, in west-central Alberta. While Fo…
View the post titled Fortis Alberta Ordered to pay $300,000.00 fine for Unreported Oil SpillDivisional Court Refuses to Award Costs in Judicial Review of the White Pines Wind Project
The Honourable Marc Labrosse of the Divisional Court recently refused both moving parties’ demands for costs in the latest iteration of CCSAGE Naturally Green’s (“CCSAGE”) judicial review challenging various administrative decisions relating to the White Pines Wind Project. Labrosse J’s cost…
View the post titled Divisional Court Refuses to Award Costs in Judicial Review of the White Pines Wind ProjectFederal Government Announces Funding for Four Projects Under the Environmental Damages Fund
The Environmental Damages Fund was established in 1995 to direct money received from fines and payments for environmental offences under 10 federal environmental statutes to worthy environmental projects. Eligible projects must be located in the region in which the offence occurred and addre…
View the post titled Federal Government Announces Funding for Four Projects Under the Environmental Damages FundWestern Chorus Frog Stops Development
The western chorus frog weighing approximately one-gram and measuring 2.5 centimetres from its nose to its back end stopped a private development proposal. The western chorus frog was listed as threatened species under the Species at Risk Act (“SARA”) in 2010. It is estimated that approximat…
View the post titled Western Chorus Frog Stops DevelopmentHow Ontario Regulates the Prevention and Containment of Forest Fires
Forest fires in Northern Ontario have been cause for alarm during the last two weeks, with residents in multiple communities being forced to evacuate their homes to escape the flames. Particularly affected is the Parry Sound District, as a result of the fire known as “Parry Sound 33”. This f…
View the post titled How Ontario Regulates the Prevention and Containment of Forest FiresP.E.I.'s climate plan will not include a carbon tax
On Wednesday, July 11th, P.E.I’s Environment Minister Richard Brown stated that the province will submit a climate plan to Ottawa by September 1st, 2018. This climate plan will not include a carbon tax nor a plan for a cap-and-trade system; the two options that the federal government has giv…
View the post titled P.E.I.'s climate plan will not include a carbon taxImperial Oil Limited Ordered to pay $650,000.00 by Ontario Court of Justice
Imperial Oil Limited was recently convicted of breaching s.14 of Ontario’s Environmental Protection Act (“EPA”) for permitting the discharge of a contaminant into the natural environment. Imperial Oil, who pled guilty to the offence, was sentenced to pay $650,000.00, in addition to a $162,50…
View the post titled Imperial Oil Limited Ordered to pay $650,000.00 by Ontario Court of JusticeOntario to intervene in Saskatchewan’s Court Challenge of Federal Carbon Tax
Last week, at the Council of the Federation talks in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Ontario Premier, Doug Ford announced Ontario’s intention to intervene in Saskatchewan’s court reference to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal challenging the Federal government’s proposed carbon tax. The court r…
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