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The North American emissions control area now in force for Canada

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • May 8 2013

The North American Emissions Control Area ("ECA") is now in force in Canada. The Regulations Amending the Vessel Pollution and Dangerous Chemicals

New British Columbia Limitation Act

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 15 2013

On June 1, 2013 the significantly revamped Limitation Act will come into effect in British Columbia. The Act imposes a tight two-year limitation

2012 a year of unprecedented energy-related regulatory reform

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 31 2013

Prompted in part by the need to improve regulatory efficiency to ensure Alberta’s energy industry is attractive to capital investment, 2012 saw an

2012 EA.what happened? CEAA 2012 and industry

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 21 2012

Industry sectors will have different perspectives on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) and on CEAA 2012 depending on the circumstances of

Species at risk in Ontario: a continuing tale of bobolinks, barn owls and redside dace

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 21 2012

Species at Risk legislation exists at the federal and provincial levels but the practical impact of the legislation in Ontario is only starting. The

Death of environmental class actions post-Inco well, maybe not quite yet

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 21 2012

Last year BLG's Environmental Law Cross-Country Check-Up discussed the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Smith v. Inco, which dismissed the plaintiff's

Bill C-38 Fisheries Act changes: jobs growth and a little gutting of the act

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 21 2012

On April 26, 2012, the Canadian federal government tabled, and on June 29, 2012 gave Royal Assent to, an omnibus budget implementation bill, Bill C-38:

Canada’s Supreme Court to define “adverse effect” and “contaminant” in important environmental case

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 21 2012

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has set May 17, 2013 to hear an appeal from the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Ontario (Environment) v. Castonguay

Supreme Court rules on the status of environmental clean-up orders under the CCAA

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 17 2012

The Supreme Court of Canada has released its ruling in Newfoundland and Labrador v. AbitibiBowater Inc. AbitibiBowater Inc. ("Abitibi") operated in the

Environmental liability in a CCAA proceeding

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 13 2012

In Newfoundland and Labrador v. AbitibiBowater Inc., 2012 SCC 67, the Supreme Court of Canada was called upon to consider whether orders issued by a