Port Authority biased in approving coal port?
This month, Ecojustice filed an application for judicial review of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s decision to permit a coal transfer facility. They claim that the Port Authority failed to consider some environmental effects, including climate change, and that the decision of the Port and its officers and staff was affected by bias. Bias is a serious...
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On Wednesday, July 11th, P.E.I’s Environment Minister Richard Brown stated that the province will submit a climate plan to Ottawa by September 1st, 2018. This climate plan will not include a carbon tax nor a plan for a cap-and-trade system; the two options that the federal government has given the provinces for pricing carbon pollution....
Continue reading the post titled P.E.I.'s climate plan will not include a carbon taxDirect Sales in Canada: Understanding not for resale myths
The Not For Resale (“NFR”) distribution entry model to the Canadian market is acutely misunderstood. This discussion will outline the top 3 NFR “myths”, and explore potential legal risks multi-level marketing (“MLM”) businesses face. NFR is a Canadian importation rule Not For Resale is not an importation rule. It is actually an export rule. It...
Continue reading the post titled Direct Sales in Canada: Understanding not for resale mythsInjuries sustained in the course of work: WSIB vs personal injury lawsuit
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) system and a personal injury lawsuit are two paths to compensate individuals who sustained injuries as a result of an accident. However, these two systems do not coexist; an individual can have access to only one of them at a time. In some situations, it is clear which...
Continue reading the post titled Injuries sustained in the course of work: WSIB vs personal injury lawsuitWhat's happened to federal enforcement?
In Getting Tough on Environmental Crime?, Ecojustice collates fragmentary, publicly available information to show the marked decline in federal environmental inspections and convictions since 2004.
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Who will pay for cleaning up oil from a 70-year-old wreck? The owner of the ship, who may be long gone, or the Armed Forces that sank it?
Continue reading the post titled Rusting wrecks an oil spill timebomb?The 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) Convenes in Katowice, Poland
On December 2, 2018, delegates from almost 200 nations convened in Katowice, Poland for the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The COP24, also known as the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Katowice, Poland, 2018, is the fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties...
Continue reading the post titled The 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) Convenes in Katowice, PolandFederal Environmental Assessment and Land Use Planning: Interjurisdictional Issues
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has released a decision which demonstrate that the relationship between environmental assessments and land use planning remains as complex as ever, especially when interjurisdictional issues are involved. The October 29, 2018 decision in Halton v. CNR, 2018 ONSC 6095, a motion to stay an application, involves a Canadian National...
Continue reading the post titled Federal Environmental Assessment and Land Use Planning: Interjurisdictional IssuesWhat’s new? Federal laws, in the last year
We’re starting to prepare this year’s edition of the Canadian Environmental Law consolidation, which we publish every year with Canada Law Book. This is a valuable desk reference – we use it regularly! Despite all the press, there have been few actual changes in the last year in federal environmental laws and regulations, mainly: Canada...
Continue reading the post titled What’s new? Federal laws, in the last yearConstruction accident spill
Balterre Contracting Limited was fined $200,000 for rupturing a natural gas pipeline  during road construction, spilling natural gas into the environment, causing an adverse effect.
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