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McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 3 Aug 2022
Canada outlines ban on six categories of single-use plastics
On June 22, 2022, the Government of Canada published the Single-use Plastics Prohibition…
Gowling WLG | Canada | 19 Jul 2022
Canadian clean fuel regulations are now in force
The long-awaited final Clean Fuel Regulations (the "Regulations"), developed by Environment and Climate Change Canada ("ECCC") under the Canadian…
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Canada | 13 Jun 2022
Canada forges ahead with single-use plastics ban despite legal challenges
Despite opposition from industry groups and provinces, the government of Canada is moving forward with a comprehensive plan to address plastic pollution in the long term. At the end of 2021, the minister of environment and climate change and the minister of health announced draft regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 banning certain single-use plastics deemed to be......
McMillan LLP | Canada | 29 Apr 2022
Ontario Partially Suspends Implementation of Phase 2 of Excess Soil Regulation Until January 2023
On April 21, 2022, the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks announced their decision to implement a temporary suspension of certain…
Bergeson & Campbell PC | Canada | 22 Feb 2022
Canadian Government Introduces Bill Intended to Modernize CEPA
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced on February 9, 2022, that the government introduced in the Senate the Strengthening…
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Australia, Canada, etc. | 21 Jan 2022
Goodbye plastic: key packaging and recycling regulations
Manufacturers and importers face plastic taxes, extensive labelling obligations and waste management responsibilities in the multinational move towards circular economies.
Gowling WLG | Canada | 15 Oct 2021
Guide to Doing Business in Canada: Environmental protection
Canada is an expansive country with a substantial industrial base, plentiful natural resources, extensive bodies of water and significant coastal…
Steptoe & Johnson LLP | Canada | 28 Jan 2021
Grasping at Straws: Regulatory and Trade Considerations Regarding Canada’s Proposed Single Use Plastics Policy
The Government of Canada intends to add certain Plastic Manufactured Items to the list of substances appearing on Schedule 1 of the Canadian…
Gowling WLG | Canada | 13 Jan 2021
Adding (less intense) fuel to the fire: Proposed Canadian Clean Fuel Regulations will reduce the carbon intensity of liquid fuels
Last month, Canada's Climate Plan made headlines for its pledges to accelerate the national carbon price to $170/tonne by 2030 and to invest heavily…
McMillan LLP | Canada | 10 Oct 2020
Plan for the Ban: Canada Announces Plan to Tackle Single-Use Plastics
On October 7, 2020, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathon Wilkinson, announced Canada’s next steps towards…
