New Rules on QPs
The MOE has pushed ahead with its regulation to restrict Environmental Site Assessments to professional engineers and geoscientists, as of October, 2009. O. Reg. 66/08 amends the definition of Qualified Person in O. Reg. 153/04. This will exclude agrologists and technologists, who now perform some ESAs. Some minor changes come into force immediately, allowing engineers...
Continue reading the post titled New Rules on QPsGreat-West Lifeco Inc. Class Action Settlement
Further information on the Canada Life Financial Corporation and Great-West Lifeco Inc. Class Action Settlement. Further information on the Canada Life Financial Corporation and Great-West Lifeco Inc. Class Action Settlement. Available following this link http://www.classaction.ca/content/actions/GreatWestCanadaLife.asp.
Continue reading the post titled Great-West Lifeco Inc. Class Action SettlementA reader asks about Renewable Fuels
A reader asks: are the federal Renewable Fuels Regulations in force?
Continue reading the post titled A reader asks about Renewable FuelsHunting Convictions for Shooting Decoys
A conservation officer saw two individuals sitting in their truck strategically located in order to observe the decoys with binoculars. The conservation officers placed the stationary moose decoys along the travelled portion of a maintained and travelled forest resource access corridor. After a period of time, one of the individuals got out of the truck and...
Continue reading the post titled Hunting Convictions for Shooting DecoysCanada to Invest $44.84 Million Towards the Great Lakes Protection Initiative
The International Joint Commission (“IJC”) is a binational organization created under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. The purpose of the IJC is to prevent and resolve disputes relating to the use and quality of boundary waters. The IJC recognizes that each country is affected by the other’s actions as it relates to the watersheds...
Continue reading the post titled Canada to Invest $44.84 Million Towards the Great Lakes Protection InitiativeExamining Shared Environmental Interests with the Michigan State Bar Webcast
On November 12th, members of State Bar of Michigan and the Ontario Bar Association come together to discuss environmental law topics relevant to lawyers on both sides of the border. Moderated by Siskinds LLP partner Paula Lombardi, speakers will discuss the impact of the deep geological repository, and other nuclear waste disposal options, aquaculture, development...
Continue reading the post titled Examining Shared Environmental Interests with the Michigan State Bar WebcastComputers in Law Offices: Good or Bad for the Environment?
How do computers affect the environmental footprint of law offices?It’s easy to add up the negatives. Computers and their peripherals (printers, modems, cables, hubs, etc.) have large resource demands, pollute indoor air and create hazardous waste. Computers chew up power, paper and other resources. In the average office, 14% of the energy purchased is used...
Continue reading the post titled Computers in Law Offices: Good or Bad for the Environment?First Environmental Penalty
Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment has issued its first-ever environmental penalty under its so-called “you-spill, you-pay” legislation. Director Bill Bardswick ordered CGC Inc. of Hagersville to pay the province $9,000, for allowing contaminated runoff from its gypsum processing plant to enter a tributary of the Grand River on September 26, 2007. This is a purely...
Continue reading the post titled First Environmental PenaltyDatabase of checklists
Nimonik has launched a valuable database of checklists for many industrial purposes at http://www.WikiChecklists.com. The checklists vary from 5S quality standards to safety inspections and environmental legal requirements. They are soliciting additional contributions. Isn’t it hard to remember how we did things before the Internet?
Continue reading the post titled Database of checklistsA film that is worth your time
Congratulations to Canadian filmmaker, Rob Stewart, for his moving and urgent film, Revolution. Click here for the trailer. It is focused on the fast -moving threat of ocean acidification, and features spectacular underwater photography. The film came out in the spring, but I did not have a chance to see it until this weekend. Mr. Stewart...
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