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Alaskan outfitter faces bans, $20,000 fine and forfeiture of trophies

Environment Canada reports that, on May 8, 2015, an outfitter was fined $20,000 in Yukon Territorial Court after pleading guilty to illegally importing and exporting wildlife, which are offences under the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial … Continue reading

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Dry Cleaners Fined $15,000 for Environmental offences

Environment Canada reports that  the owner of Crown Cleaners, operating in Toronto, Ontario, pleaded guilty on April 21, 2015, in the Ontario Provincial Court of Justice, to the offence of contravening the Tetrachloroethylene (Use in Dry Cleaning and Reporting Requirements) Regulations … Continue reading

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Joint Statement on Climate Change from the Premiers of Ontario and Québec

On Friday, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Québec Premier Philippe Couillard issued the following statement on climate change: “We are at the forefront of the fight against climate change and we want Canada to be a leader on this issue … Continue reading

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Earth Day 2015

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In the wake of Ontario’s recent announcement of a cap and trade, greenhouse gas emissions trading system, we are pleased to celebrate Earth Day 2015 with you today.  http://earthday2015.ca/earthday2015/

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Ontario to Introduce a Cap and Trade, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System

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

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Ontario to Launch Low-Income Electricity Support Program

We welcome the announcement by Ontario’s Minister of Energy, on March 26, 2015, of a proposed support program for low-income electricity consumers. In addition, Ontario’s Debt Retirement Charge will be removed from the electricity bill of all residential consumers. Our congratulations to … Continue reading

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Manning Environmental Law Is Moving! (but not very far)

We are excited to announce that we will be moving to new offices at the end of this month. However, we have grown so attached to our downtown location that we will not be moving very far; our home will remain the Exchange Tower, in the … Continue reading

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Environmental Law Moot – Nuisance and the Defence of Statutory Authority

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

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Mining Company and Supervisor Fined $88,000 After Workers Exposed to Hazard

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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Ontario Renews Mineral Development Strategy

Ontario is seeking input to renew the province’s Mineral Development Strategy to attract further investment into the sector. The province is seeking input from stakeholders on how to renew the Mineral Development Strategy by releasing a discussion paper as well as a … Continue reading

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