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Ontario Invites Public Input on Climate Change Strategy

Ontario has released a climate change discussion paper and invites citizens, businesses and communities to share ideas about how to fight climate change . The government will engage aboriginal communities and hold province wide consultations with citizens, community organizations, industry … Continue reading

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Developments in Directors’ and Officers’ Liability for Environmental Contamination

I am delighted to join a roster of distinguished speakers at the Commons Institute’s “240 Minutes on Environmental Law” to be held on  Friday, 27 February 2015 at 1:00pm – 5:20pm Eastern Time.. My topic will be “Developments in Directors’ and … Continue reading

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The NEB is now accepting Applications to Participate in its hearing of the Energy East Pipeline Project

The National Energy Board (NEB) is now accepting Applications to Participate in its hearing of an application to grant approvals to construct Transcanada’s  Energy East Pipeline. This post gives some details of the project, application to participate and participant funding but does not substitute for … Continue reading

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Federal Court: Canada had duty to consult First Nation on changes to environmental legislation

In a series of posts in 2012, we reported on the Harper government’s wholesale changes to Canada’s federal environmental legislation in its federal omnibus budget implementation bills C-38 and C-45 (Omnibus Bills). In a decision released last month in Courtoreille v. Canada, the … Continue reading

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Looking back at Lima: COP 20 – Papering Over The Cracks

A casual observer might be forgiven for assuming that the climate change talks in the 20th Conference of Parties (COP 20) in Lima, Peru this month were an unalloyed triumph that leaves us only steps from the full post 2020 … Continue reading

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Seasons Greetings From Manning Environmental Law

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We wish all of our clients, colleagues and other friends the very best for  the Holidays and the New Year. We have enjoyed working with you this past year and we look forward to continuing to do so in 2015. With … Continue reading

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Largest penalty ever imposed for environmental infractions in Canada

Bloom Lake General Partner Limited was ordered to pay $7.5 million in the Criminal and Penal Division of the Court of Quebec in Montreal today, after pleading guilty to 45 charges under the Fisheries Act, resulting from several incidents including … Continue reading

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Denmark Files Claim To North Pole

Today, the Government of the Kingdom of Denmark together with the Government of Greenland will file a submission to define the outer limits of its continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean with the Commission on the Limits of the Continental … Continue reading

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Lima: Ontario, Quebec, BC and California Issue Joint Statement on Climate Change

Ontario, together with California, Quebec and British Columbia, issued a joint statement on climate change today. The four regions are in Lima, Peru, this week for the annual United Nations conference on climate change. The Joint Statement on Climate Change, … Continue reading

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Paul Manning to Speak at Insight’s 8th Annual Aboriginal Energy Forum

I am pleased to be speaking again this year at Insight’s 8th Annual Aboriginal Energy Forum. The conference will be held in Toronto on December 4 and 5, 2014. I will be speaking on Friday 5 in the session “Getting to yes”. … Continue reading

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