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
Nearly 200 countries struck a landmark deal in Kigali on 15 October 2016 to reduce the emissions of powerful greenhouse gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), in a move that could prevent up to 0.5 degrees Celsius of global warming by the end of … Continue reading
Continuing its program of affordable energy rates, Ontario today passed legislation that will rebate the provincial portion of the HST from electricity bills as of January 1, 2017. The government estimates that five million families, farms and small businesses will see … Continue reading
Ontario has proposed a two-year moratorium on new or expanded water takings from groundwater by bottling companies, as well as stricter rules for renewals of existing permits. Ontarians have until Dec. 1, 2016 to comment on the proposal through the Environmental … Continue reading
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United Kingdom – Today 17th October 2016 marks the highly acclaimed publication of Corporate LiveWire’s 2016 Legal Awards’ Winners Guide. The Legal Awards is a highly renowned awards programme created to celebrate the ever flourishing Global Law community. Corporate LiveWire … Continue reading
I will be speaking at “The Six-minute Environmental Lawyer”, to be held by the Law Society of Upper Canada at the Donald Lamont Learning Centre, 130 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON on Thursday October 20, 2016. I will join a faculty of my peers who will speak on … Continue reading
On September 23, at the mid-point in the Ontario government’s mandate, Premier Kathleen Wynne released her mandate letters to the new cabinet and their ministries. Our readers will be especially interested in the mandates given to the Ministries for Environment and … Continue reading
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