Directors of real estate agent liable for contaminated site?
How far can no-fault liability for contaminated sites go? The Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has issued a cleanup order to (among others) the accountant who held a power of attorney to sell a contaminated site for an overseas client, and the directors of a real estate company that listed the property for sale....
Continue reading the post titled Directors of real estate agent liable for contaminated site?Narrower Canadian Environmental Assessment Regime in force
The new Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, is now in force, and federal environmental screenings are a thing of the past.
Continue reading the post titled Narrower Canadian Environmental Assessment Regime in forceFinding and Serving those Anonymous Bloggers
In a previous article published on this website, the strict limitation periods associated with a defamation action were discussed; particularly, the six week period for a Notice of Libel and the three month period for the commencement of an action in defamation, as is required under sections 5 and 6 of the Libel and Slander...
Continue reading the post titled Finding and Serving those Anonymous Bloggers$70,000 in fines for breach of PCB regulations
On July 27, 2016, the Ontario Court of Justice levied $70,000 in fines against a Hamilton company for contravention of the federal PCB regulations and for failing to comply with an Environmental Protection Compliance Order, issued under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). Under the PCB regulations, PCBs can only be used in particular...
Continue reading the post titled $70,000 in fines for breach of PCB regulationsMinistry of the Environment organization chart
The Ministry of the Environment has an organization chart on its website, allegedly current to December 2012. As the chart is very difficult to find, we are posting a screenshot:
Continue reading the post titled Ministry of the Environment organization chartJail for white collar environmental crimes
Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. has been fined $8 million for environmental and health and safety offences. Four of its senior managers have been sent to jail. Could it happen in Canada?
Continue reading the post titled Jail for white collar environmental crimesOntario Budget
The 2007 Ontario budget contained no grand environmental measures, such as BC’s shift from income taxes to carbon taxes. Nor does it tackle any of the large, strategic questions raised by the Environmental Commissioner about how to reconcile population and econimic growth with environmental limits. In fact, “Environment” was only the last subheading of the...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario BudgetThe Problem of Too Much Soil and Dirty Fill
At the end of December, 2016, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (“MOECC”) in Ontario released its Excess Soil Policy Framework. The problem of excess soil is not a small one, and it has been gaining more attention, particularly as big cities seek to intensify, creating vast quantities of “fill” that then has to...
Continue reading the post titled The Problem of Too Much Soil and Dirty FillTeck Coal Fined $1,425,000
On October 5, 2017 Teck Coal Limited (“Teck”) in British Columbia court pled guilty to three counts of contravening the Fisheries Act for discharging a deleterious substance, namely selenium, into a tributary of the Elk River frequented by fish. On October 16, 2014, approximately 45 dead fish were discovered in Line Creek which is located...
Continue reading the post titled Teck Coal Fined $1,425,000City of the Kawartha Lakes enters into “Diversion Agreement” to resolve Federal Charges under the Fisheries Act
On January 31, 2019, the Corporation of the City of Kawartha Lakes resolved charges laid against it under the Fisheries Act by entering into a “diversion agreement” which will see the charges withdrawn in exchange for the city taking the following actions: paying $75,000 to the Environmental Damages Fund; updating their standard operating procedures for...
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