NTREE adds economic facts to the fire
The federal government’s Clean Air Agenda has received another blow with the release of the Interim Report of the National Round Table on Environment and Economy. This eminent multi-stakeholder group, one member of which has just been nominated for a Nobel Prize, was asked for “advice on targets and scenarios for reducing emissions...
Continue reading the post titled NTREE adds economic facts to the fireB.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, frequently renewed, without regulating the cumulative water taking of an entire project. Does this violate...
Continue reading the post titled B.C. Court: No Abuse of Water Approvals for FrackingFranchise rescission no relief from loan obligations
Last week, Perell J. granted summary judgment to the Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”) for indebtedness owed by Everest Group Inc. (“Everest”), a franchisee which had sought to rescind its franchise agreement.[1] Perell J. refused to require the bank to forebear exercising its rights until the franchisee could be refunded amounts claimed in accordance with...
Continue reading the post titled Franchise rescission no relief from loan obligationsEverything is electronic: Implementing electronic delivery of franchise disclosure documents and electronic execution of documents
Everything is electronic. It certainly feels that way. Even in areas that are slow to adopt change, digital is taking over. While many franchise systems are on the cutting edge of technology in their offerings and their methods of conducting business with clients, the processes of selling franchises have taken longer to fully embrace the...
Continue reading the post titled Everything is electronic: Implementing electronic delivery of franchise disclosure documents and electronic execution of documentsEnforceability of Termination Clauses in Employment Contracts – Trending towards Clarity, or More Uncertainty?
It is a basic principle of employment law in Ontario that employees terminated without cause are presumed to be entitled to common law reasonable notice of termination unless the parties clearly agreed to a different notice period, typically through a termination clause in an employment agreement, that does not violate the statutory minimums prescribed by...
Continue reading the post titled Enforceability of Termination Clauses in Employment Contracts – Trending towards Clarity, or More Uncertainty?Bill 138: Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2013
The Ontario government has introduced Bill 138, Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2013, to confirm their longstanding decision to end the use of coal at Ontario’s electricity generating facilities and to prohibit new stand-alone coal-fired generating facilities. Coal-fired electricity generating facilities are major sources of air pollution. Emissions from these facilities include: oxides of nitrogen...
Continue reading the post titled Bill 138: Ending Coal for Cleaner Air Act, 2013Telling legitimate recycling from shams
Last week’s post on “recycling” batteries by turning them into roadbed aggregate, via mill slag, raised the question of what constitutes “legitimate” recycling. The US Environmental Protection Agency has been struggling with this issue for decades; claims to turn hazardous waste inexpensively into “aggregate” have always been popular. Their most recent discussion of the the topic...
Continue reading the post titled Telling legitimate recycling from shamsQuebec court strikes down municipal anti-fracking bylaw
A Quebec court has struck down a Gaspe municipal bylaw that tried to prevent exploratory oil wells being drilled and fracked uncomfortably close to its drinking water supply. The court ruled that the bylaw was invalid because it prevented Petrolia Inc. from carrying out drilling specifically authorized by the province. One of the drill sites is...
Continue reading the post titled Quebec court strikes down municipal anti-fracking bylawINTERPOL environmental crimes unit
International environmental wildlife and pollution crimes are attracting growing attention from INTERPOL, partly because many of them are committed by organized crime. For example, in response to the recent surge of ivory tracking, INTERPOL formed a dedicated environmental crime team in Africa. As InterPOL puts it: “Environmental crime is a serious and growing international problem, and one which takes...
Continue reading the post titled INTERPOL environmental crimes unitConcerned Beneficiary? Court Finds Will Challenges Must Have Minimal Evidentiary Basis
The recent decision in Seepa v Seepa, 2017 ONSC 5368 contains observations that may have an impact on future Will challenges under Rule 75.06 of the Rules of Civil Procedure and in particular, on the materials that must be placed before the court in the “Motion for Directions”, which typically initiates a Will challenge. The...
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