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Ontario issues draft aboriginal consultation requirements for certain renewable projects

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • August 12 2011

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment recently released the Draft Aboriginal Consultation Guide for preparing a Renewable Energy Approval Application

Aboriginal consultation and accommodation: new guidance from the Supreme Court of Canada (Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. v. Carrier Sekani Tribal Council)

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 9 2010

In its decision in Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. v. Carrier Sekani Tribal Council, released October 28, 2010, the Supreme Court has provided new guidance on key questions surrounding the duty to consult and accommodate Aboriginal groups

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

Passing planning legislation directed at the protection of the environment

  • Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • March 13 2013

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

B.C. Court of Appeal clarifies public consultation proceses

  • McCarthy Tétrault LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 10 2007

There have been a number of recent cases relating to the scope of consultation that must occur with First Nations in respect of Crown decisions relating to major projects

"New social and environmental obligations for mining companies in Quebec", focus on mining, June 2011

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • June 14 2011

On May 12, 2011, the Government of Quebec tabled before the National Assembly Bill 14, a new bill aiming to modernize mining law in Quebec in the wake of the unveiling of the Plan Nord, of which mining development was made a key aspect

Post-Copenhagen climate change update - a special Gowlings report

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • January 11 2010

One of the "Canadian" stories at the recent Copenhagen Climate Change Summit was the constant attempt by the Governments of Quebec and Ontario and the Mayor of Toronto to distance themselves from the position of the Federal Government

Chief Drinking Water Inspector releases annual report

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • October 20 2010

The Chief Drinking Water Inspector of Ontario released his Annual Report for 200809 on September 29, 2010

Canada's clean energy sector likely to see pluses and minuses from the U.S. mid-term elections

  • Lane Powell PC
  • -
  • Canada, USA
  • -
  • November 11 2010

As the dust is still settling from the November 2 mid-term elections in the United States, Canadian businesses may be picking up mixed signals about the future for developing and selling clean energy to the U.S

Election 2011: Canada's climate change future

  • Stikeman Elliott LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 27 2011

With the federal election just a few days away, we thought it would be useful to our readers to identify what each major political party's published campaign platform says about climate change and Canada's role in curbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions