How fish farms can hurt wild salmon
Here in Ontario, we are hearing almost nothing from the British Columbia Cohen Commission inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon, whose final report will not be released until next June. It was therefore fascinating, and horrifying, to discover Alexandra Morton’s blog on the evidence being heard each day. Dr. Kristi Miller, for example, is...
Continue reading the post titled How fish farms can hurt wild salmonInco to pay $36 million in Port Colborne class action
Inco has been ordered to pay $36 million to past and present property owners in Port Colborne, for lost property value due to historic nickel contamination. None of the contamination occurred after 1984, and Inco complied with all applicable laws during the operation of its refinery. Nevertheless, Justice Henderson ruled that Inco is strictly liable...
Continue reading the post titled Inco to pay $36 million in Port Colborne class actionFederal environmental assessment shrinks
Eliminating federal EA makes it less likely that cumulative impacts will be evaluated, such as climate change.
Continue reading the post titled Federal environmental assessment shrinksOntario Budget 2010
How did the environment do? Dalton McGuinty may be Ontario’s greenest premier, but there are some understandable disappointments for the environment in yesterday’s hard times Budget 2010. There is an environmental section to the budget, although (given the yawning deficit) it does not contain any money. Instead, this section boasts about the government’s previous achievements,...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario Budget 2010Carnival Shut Down for Air Pollution Health Hazard
In August 2012, the Health Services Appeal and Review Board (HSARB), for the first time ever, held air pollution (aside from second hand smoke) to be a “health hazard” under Ontario’s Health Protection and Promotion Act (HPPA). Air Pollution Health Hazard Under section 13(1) of the Act, a public health inspector may order any person...
Continue reading the post titled Carnival Shut Down for Air Pollution Health HazardRooney v ArcelorMittal: the Superior Court confirms the suitability of Oppression Claims for Certification
In Rooney v ArcelorMittal[1], the Plaintiffs sought certification of a proposed shareholder class action arising out of the events leading up to the successful takeover of Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (“BIM”). The key issue in dispute was certification of claims for relief from oppression pursuant to section 248 of Ontario’s Business Corporations Act[2]. Justice Rady,...
Continue reading the post titled Rooney v ArcelorMittal: the Superior Court confirms the suitability of Oppression Claims for CertificationMind games at Copenhagen
Why has there been so much fuss about the “leaked” document at Copenhagen? After all, there was nothing new or surprising in it: developing countries want richer countries to do all the paying and make all the carbon reductions, not them; developed countries don’t agree. The best explanation I’ve read is: underemployed journalists. There are...
Continue reading the post titled Mind games at CopenhagenMatrimonial Home: Should I stay or should I go?
Clients who are going through a separation often ask me whether it is OK to move out of the matrimonial home before all the issues arising out of their separation have been resolved. Sometimes tensions are high and the client believes some physical distance is required in order to keep the peace. Sometimes the client...
Continue reading the post titled Matrimonial Home: Should I stay or should I go?A top North American environmental law blog
“Dear Ms. Saxe, We are pleased to announce that Environmental Law & Litigation has been selected as one of the LexisNexis Top 50 Environmental Law & Climate Change Community Blogs for 2011. You can read the full announcement and list of honorees here.
Continue reading the post titled A top North American environmental law blogAnother noise lawsuit
A group of Calgary residents have launched another civil lawsuit, trying to force a local chicken processing plant (Lilydale) to slash noise and odour. The statement of claim asks the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench to order Lilydale to stop night-time trucking at its Hurst Road plant, limit odour pollution, and fully enclose chicken waste bins....
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