Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 3 Oct 2023
Against the backdrop of ESG’s multi-faceted and ever-changing nature, greenwashing, cybersecurity, and Indigenous rights-based climate change…
Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 31 Mar 2012
Two recent decisions in Ontario and British Columbia provide examples of the courts temporarily restraining commercial development for a lack of adequate consultation with affected Aboriginal groups.
Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 28 Mar 2012
Two recent decisions in Ontario and British Columbia provide examples of the courts temporarily restraining commercial development for a lack of adequate consultation with affected Aboriginal groups.
Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 1 May 2011
For most of us in today's age of natural gas and electricity, we don't often think about the implications of home heating oil tanks and the contamination that they can cause to residential properties.
Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 3 Nov 2010
On Thursday, October 28, 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. v. Carrier Sekani Tribal Council, overturning the British Columbia Court of Appeal and confirming the decision of the British Columbia Utilities Commission (the “Commission”) approving the 2007 Energy Purchase Agreement entered into by Alcan and BC Hydro (the “2007 EPA”).
Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 23 Sep 2010
A recently reported decision provides useful insight into the due diligence defence.
Miller Thomson LLP | Canada | 3 Feb 2010
In Mining Watch Canada v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans), 2010 SCC 2, Red Chris Development Company and BCMetals Corporation (“Red Chris”) sought to develop a copper and gold open pit mining and milling operation in north-western British Columbia.