Ontario announced today that, starting this summer; it will lower electricity bills by an average of 25 per cent for all residential customers as part of Ontario’s Fair Hydro Plan. These measures include the eight per cent rebate introduced in … Continue reading
The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has moved swiftly to ban disconnection of residential electricity consumers for the period through April 30, as a first step towards implementing the Protecting Vulnerable Energy Consumers Act, 2017, which became law on February 22, 2017. In … Continue reading
As part of Ontario’s plan to protect water resources, the province is proposing a new fee for water bottling companies that take groundwater. Currently, water bottlers are charged $3.71 for every million litres of groundwater they take. Ontario is proposing … Continue reading
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) reports that, on December 12, 2016, Barry Group Inc. was ordered to pay, in St. John’s Provincial Court, a total of $200,000 in penalties for environmental violations that occurred at fish-processing facilities in Witless … Continue reading
Premier Philippe Couillard of Québec and Premier Kathleen Wynne of Ontario today attended the official signing of the historic electricity trade agreement between Hydro-Québec and the Independent Electricity System Operator of Ontario (IESO in Montreal today. Under this agreement, the … Continue reading
The U.S. Department of the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, the Army’s Assistant Secretary for Civil Works announced yesterday. Jo-Ellen Darcy said she … Continue reading
I was delighted to to join the roster of speakers at Hazmat Management Magazines’ Remediation Technology Seminar at the Mississauga Convention Centre in Mississauga today., The seminar provided an overview of new developments in remediation technology in Canada and discussed how new regulations will … Continue reading
Ontario is prohibiting and restricting 19 invasive species to prevent their arrival and control their spread in the province and protect the environment. New regulations under the Invasive Species Act, now in effect, ban the import, breeding, purchase and sale … Continue reading
We are pleased to publish this guest post from our friends and colleagues at the Edmonton office of McLennan Ross LLP, where the author, Sarah Levine is an associate. On November 3, 2016, the Alberta government publicly released the anticipated first … Continue reading
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In a new report on flood damage limitation, the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo has found that all 10 Canadian provinces and Yukon are less prepared for floods than they could be. The report, Climate Change and … Continue reading
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