Environmental Commissioner report on climate change
Congratulations to Ellen Schwartzel, the Acting Environmental Commissioner of Ontario on her first report, issued yesterday. “Feeling the Heat: Greenhouse Gas Progress Report 2015”, is the latest in the Commissioner’s annual reports on climate change. The report concludes that the Ontario government will miss its 2020 target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions if it doesn’t do much...
Continue reading the post titled Environmental Commissioner report on climate changeMore slash and burn: drastic cuts to Navigable Waters Protection Act
Much like their hatchet job on the Fisheries Act, the federal Conservatives’ Bill C-45 has taken a similar axe to the Navigable Waters Protection Act, among other environmental changes in their latest Omnibus Bill. The protection of the Act will be slashed from all Canadian waters that can be traversed by boat (including canoe or kayak)...
Continue reading the post titled More slash and burn: drastic cuts to Navigable Waters Protection ActOntario Failing Our Future on Climate Change
In his latest report, Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner again strongly criticizes the Ontario government for doing too little on climate change. The Ontario government has done a lot, most notably closing coal-fired power plants and adopting the Green Energy Act. In this, Ontario compares well to other provinces and to our foot-dragging federal government. However, Commissioner...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario Failing Our Future on Climate ChangeOntario’s Halting Progress on Energy Conservation
The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO), Gord Miller, released his 2014 Annual Energy Conservation Progress Report to the Legislature on January 13, 2015. Conclusion: we’re making progress on energy conservation, but there is so much more that could and should be done. Energy conservation is a critical step towards a less fossil-fuel reliant future, not to...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario’s Halting Progress on Energy ConservationSecond shoe falls: flyrock discharge after Castonguay
If every rock that flies through the air, and does damage, is a "pollution" offence, what else is?
Continue reading the post titled Second shoe falls: flyrock discharge after CastonguayA big win for trees and tree lovers
Warmest congratulations to Clay Ruby for his latest public interest victory: preventing the destruction of a shared mature maple tree by one of the owners. Here is the decision in Hartley vs Cunningham, and the press release on this landmark tree ruling. Look for our analysis in next month’s Lawyers Weekly.
Continue reading the post titled A big win for trees and tree loversU.S. Pentagon: Climate Change an Immediate Security Threat
The U.S. Pentagon’s latest report, the 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, calls climate change an immediate threat to national security. The forward, by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, sets the tone: “Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, climbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events will intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty, and conflict. They will...
Continue reading the post titled U.S. Pentagon: Climate Change an Immediate Security ThreatPeter Dillon Speaks on Corporate LiveWire Round Table
Siskinds partner Peter Dillon joined seven other experts to discuss the latest changes and developments in Franchise Law around the world.View the virtual round table
Continue reading the post titled Peter Dillon Speaks on Corporate LiveWire Round TableSad Story: Subbor
There is no doubt that we need better ways to handle municipal waste. But it is discouragingly rare for technological innovations to succeed. Now ideas always seem to cost much more and take much longer than their proponents could possibly believe. One of the latest such examples is the sad story of Subbor, the Super...
Continue reading the post titled Sad Story: SubborHow to trim eDiscovery costs part four: Set your review team up for success
In my previous blog posts How to trim eDiscovery costs part one: Laying the groundwork, How to trim eDiscovery costs part two: Review fewer documents and review efficiently, and How to trim eDiscovery costs part three: Leverage technology by adding tools and apps to your review, I discussed reducing eDiscovery costs by: Taking the time...
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