How will Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012 work for designated projects?
According to the Conservatives, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) will streamline the EA process, avoid duplication and consolidate responsibility for [EA] to three agencies instead of 40.[1] These three agencies are the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency), the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), or the National Energy Board (NEB).[2] The government hopes that CEAA 2012...
Continue reading the post titled How will Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012 work for designated projects?Are employees “off-ramping” from your organization?
When employees experience personal trauma, challenging transitions in the workplace, difficult relationships with managers, etc., some of them will choose to “off-ramp,” a term referring to those who voluntarily resign or reduce their working hours. Many employers will be familiar with an employee deciding not to return to work from a pregnancy/parental leave. However, off-ramping...
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The biggest consequence of Copenhagen for Canada will probably be the erosion of our national reputation - instead of being nice people, we are now the Fossil of the Year, ragging on about "Climategate" when the rest of the world has moved on.
Continue reading the post titled After CopenhagenWhy is fairness irrelevant?
Innocent parties forced to pay unfair environmental costs should seek compensation in the civil courts, and should not expect any help from the ERT.
Continue reading the post titled Why is fairness irrelevant?Downloading liability on municipalities
Senior governments seem to have no shame about downloading enormous, undisclosed environmental liabilities on municipalities. In an English case, Corby Group Litigation v. Corby District Council, the Corby Borough Council (CBC) has been held liable for allowing residents to become exposed to toxic substances during its 1980s cleanup of an old British Steel works. British...
Continue reading the post titled Downloading liability on municipalitiesA new approach to assessing resource projects coming down the pipeline?
The environmental review of proposed resource projects in Canada continues to undergo changes of late. Back in 2012, a duo of omnibus bills–Bill C-38 and Bill C-45–introduced significant changes to the way in which resource projects, such as the construction and expansion of pipelines. These changes included the scrapping and replacement of the existing federal...
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An immigration program available to skilled immigrants who wish to settle in Canada permanently and who have the skills and ability to contribute to Canada’s economy.
Continue reading the post titled Express Entryeasyhome
On October 25, 2010 Siskinds LLP filed a proposed securities class action against easyhome Ltd. (TSX: EH). Also named as defendants are certain of easyhome’s current and former officers and directors, including David Ingram, Steve Goertz and Chris Fregren. The easyhome Ltd. class action arises from easyhome’s disclosure of irregularities in one of its operating...
Continue reading the post titled easyhomeChevron – Intervention
On December 11, 2014, the Justice and Corporate Accountability Project (JCAP) intervened in relation to the appeal before the Supreme Court of Canada by Chevron Corporation and Chevron Canada Limited from the decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal in Yaiguaje v Chevron Corporation. This appeal represents the latest chapter in what has been an...
Continue reading the post titled Chevron – InterventionSouthGobi Resources Ltd.
This class action has been certified. Please see the Developments section below for further details. In January 2014 Siskinds LLP filed a proposed class proceeding in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against SouthGobi Resources Ltd., (“SouthGobi”) (TSX: SGQ, SEHK: 1878), certain of SouthGobi’s current and former directors and senior officers and SouthGobi’s former auditor....
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