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Passing planning legislation directed at the protection of the environment

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada
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  • March 13 2013

The Pietermaritzburg High Court has affirmed that the functional area of 'municipal planning', a local government competence, includes the power to

SCC denies leave, confirming class action not the right choice for aboriginal rights claim

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • November 15 2012

On November 15, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal to Chief Robert Chamberlin, Chief of the KwicksutaineukAh-Kwa-Mish First Nation regarding a BC Court of Appeal decision, which denied certification of a class action based on Aboriginal rights

The new Provincial Policy Statement in draft

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • October 29 2012

The Province of Ontario has released the draft policies of the proposed new Provincial Policy Statement (PPS

Dunsmuir and the demise of deference or why ministers just can’t get no respect

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 4 2012

In a judgment illustrating how the Dunsmuir analysis is to be applied to ministerial decisions, Mainville J.A. for the unanimous Federal Court of Appeal (the “FCA”) ruled that a Minister is not entitled to the same level of deference as an administrative tribunal when interpreting their ‘home’ statute(s

The Drummond Report and environmental protection

  • Miller Thomson LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • March 1 2012

The sweeping Drummond Report, which was delivered to the Government of Ontario on February 15, 2012, has called for transformational change in the way the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of the Natural Resources regulate and protect the province’s environmental and natural heritage

SCC to determine whether an order to clean is a claim under the CCAA

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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  • Canada
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  • November 3 2011

On November 16, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada will hear a case challenging the constitutionality and applicability of several sections of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) to provincial environmental statutes

Draft reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired generation of electricity regulations

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 25 2011

As part of the Government of Canada’s plan to regulate carbon emissions, sector by sector, the Government of Canada recently released the Draft Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from CoalFired Generation of Electricity Regulations

The Superior Court dismisses a claim for disguised expropriation and neighbourhood annoyance in an environmental law matter

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 20 2011

On August 22, 2011, the Superior Court (Court) rendered judgment in Girouard v. Ville de Mont St-Hilaire, an interesting decision in the field of both municipal and environmental law

Doing business in Ontario: an overview of environmental protection law

  • WeirFoulds LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 18 2011

This guide provides a brief overview of the main elements of environmental protection law in Ontario

Ninth Circuit rules USTR failed to conduct adequate FOIA request search

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • September 30 2011

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court decision and ruled that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR ) failed to conduct an adequate search for documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOI A) request by environmental interests relating to the U.S.-Canada softwood lumber agreement