Omnibus budgets bills that transformed Canada’s environmental laws visited by the Federal Court The Federal Court issued its decision in Courtoreille v Governor General in Council 2014 FC 1244 on December...
Is Canada prepared to meet the challenges of the future? Earlier this month, the Report of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (the “Report”) was released. This Report is...
Facts, Reasons and Environmental Evils: Recent Canadian Environmental Law Decisions In recent months, there have been several interesting environmental law decisions issued by the Federal Court of Canada. In both Greenpeace Canada...
Update on the MGA Review: Government releases first What We Heard document As indicated in previous posts, the Alberta government is currently reviewing the Municipal Government Act (MGA). Given the key...
Cabinet approves the Northern Gateway project Late last year, the National Energy Board (NEB) released its decision on the Northern Gateway Project and recommended approval of the project subject to 209...
Empowering Municipalities for Environmental Management Recommendations to Strengthen Alberta’s Municipal Government Act In Alberta, the powers and activities of municipalities are governed by the Municipal Government Act (the MGA). The Government of...
Calgary likes Green Regs & Ham! Last week, over 100 environmental nonprofit leaders, regulatory lawyers and industry representatives gathered together to enjoy Green Regs & Ham in Calgary. This second-annual event...
Sound environmental monitoring for Alberta – will AEMERA deliver? With the proclamation of the Protecting Alberta’s Environment Act in mid-April, the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency – known as...
The Federal Court finds unlawful delay by the government under the Species at Risk Act In our recent post on the Northern Gateway decision report, we mentioned an ongoing court case...
Municipal Government Act consultations announced Municipalities have the potential to play a key role in environmental protection. Many private land uses are controlled and regulated at the municipal level. As well,...
An overview of the Northern Gateway decision report The proposed Northern Gateway Project (the “Project”) consists of two pipelines and a marine terminal. The pipelines are anticipated to follow a 1...
Changes to Fisheries Act take effect November 25 As part of its Omnibus Budget Bill last year, the government passed significant changes to the federal Fisheries Act which came into force...