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Amending the TIER Regulation: Maintaining Alberta’s Carbon Pricing System and Bolstering the CCUS Framework

Canada - February 2 2023 The Technology Innovation and Emission Reduction Regulation (TIER Regulation), enacted under Alberta’s Emissions Management and Climate Resilience…

Opportunity to Comment on Ontario’s Emission Performance Standards Program

Canada - September 13 2022 As Ontario continues its transition from a federally-regulated Output-Based Pricing System (“OBPS”) for greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions to a…

First Merits Decision in a Securities Class Action for Secondary Market Misrepresentation Upheld by Court of Appeal - Reliability is an element of Materiality

Canada - July 25 2022 Last year we wrote about Justice Belobaba’s decision on the merits of this secondary market securities class action, which was reported at Wong v…

10 Key Takeaways from the McCarthy Tétrault 2021 Construction Law Round-Up Panel

Canada - January 21 2022 On January 17, 2021, McCarthy Tétrault virtually hosted the 2021 Construction Law Round-Up, a panel discussion which featured Bryan G. West, Jocelyn…

Recent Amendments to the Endangered Species Act, 2007: Conservation Fund Species and a New Option for Compliance

Canada - January 18 2022 In December, 2021, the Ontario government made a number of regulatory changes under the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (“ESA”), including changes to…

Lingering effects of COVID-19 on First Nations’ election cycles

Canada - July 22 2021 Over the past sixteen months, the Government of Canada has taken significant steps to limit the spread of COVID-19. These steps have had…

BC Proposes Extensive Changes in Draft Action Plan to Implement UNDRIP

Canada - July 20 2021 The BC government recently released a draft action plan to support the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous…

BC Supreme Court Rules ‘Cumulative Effects’ of Industrial Development Infringe Treaty Rights of BC First Nation

Canada - July 9 2021 Last week, the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled that the BC government has unjustifiably infringed the treaty rights of Blueberry River First…

Who’s in charge here? Da’naxda’xw First Nation v Peters and the dynamics of one First Nation’s leadership

Canada - July 6 2021 The Federal Court recently weighed into a hereditary leadership dispute involving the Da’naxda’xw First Nation (DFN) in British Columbia, ruling that…

B.C. Court of Appeal Provides Guidance on the Relevance of Climate Change Impacts in Administrative Decision Making

Canada - June 16 2021 In Highlands District Community Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General), the British Columbia Court of Appeal considered whether a mines…