Section 99(2) of the Environmental Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.19 (EPA) provides a statutory right of compensation to any person for loss or damage suffered as a direct result of a spill from the owner of the pollutant and the person having control … Continue reading
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We wish all of our clients, colleagues and other friends all the very best for the Holidays and the New Year. We look forward to working with you in 2016. With our very best wishes for a successful and sustainable … Continue reading
Yesterday saw 195 nations achieve an historic agreement in Paris to combat climate change. Why was it so important? Firstly and perhaps most importantly, the Paris Agreement for the first time brings all nations into a common cause in the … Continue reading
The 21st Conference of Parties begins tomorrow. Prime Minister Trudeau and the Premiers of the Canadian Provinces will join other world leaders in Paris. COP 21, also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, will, for the first time in over … Continue reading
Today Ontario passed the Great Lakes Protection Act which will strengthen the province’s ability to keep the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River clean, as well as to protect and restore the waterways that flow into them. Read Bill 66, Great … Continue reading
The National Energy Board (NEB) has asked the Aboriginal Intervenors in the Energy East project to indicate whether they will wish to provide oral traditional evidence. “Aboriginal groups have an oral tradition for sharing stories, lessons and knowledge from generation to generation. … Continue reading
I am delighted to have been invited back to join a distinguished faculty of speakers this week at Insight’s 5th Annual Ontario Mining Forum in Thunder Bay. The conference will be held at the Valhalla Inn on June 17 and 18, 2015. I hope to … Continue reading
We congratulate the Ontario government on its announcement today that it will join the greenhouse gas, cap and trade emissions trading system under the Western Climate Initiative (WCI), of which Ontario has been a member since 2008. Although there has … Continue reading
I was delighted to have been invited to judge the semi-final round of the 2015 Environmental Law Moot run by my colleagues at Willms & Shier on March 7. My thanks to them for inviting me back and congratulations on another … Continue reading
The Ontario Provincial Offences Court has fined FNX Mining Company Inc. and one of its supervisors a total of $88,000 for safety violations at the Craig Mine in the City of Greater Sudbury. On September 7, 2013, two workers at … Continue reading
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