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20 Jun Drought Watch 2024: Grasslands and Drought Management in Alberta

Posted at 19:36h in Climate Change, Conservation, Constitution, Nature and Biodiversity, Water management by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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It is essential to ensure the maintenance of Alberta’s grasslands – especially native grasslands – for their significant carbon storage and biodiversity services. Unfortunately, Alberta’s approach to the conservation and...

05 Jun Drought Watch 2024: Recent Drought Management Responses in Alberta include the introduction of Bill 21: Emergency Statutes Amendment Act

Posted at 07:36h in Climate and Energy, Constitution, Reimagining Rivers, Water management by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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[su_box title="Background" style="soft" box_color="#509d31" radius="9"]In February, we began our series of blog posts on how the protection of our wetlands, forests and grasslands may be a solution to prevent even...

03 Jun Amending what’s not broken: The proposed amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act

Posted at 14:31h in Climate and Energy, Constitution, Environmental Assessment by Anya Manukyan 0 Comments

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The Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) in its reference opinion determined that portions of the federal Impact Assessment Act (“IAA”) are unconstitutional. The federal government has recently proposed amendments to...

18 Nov Maybe not the last (plastic) straw: Federal Court quashes federal order aimed at regulating “Plastic Manufactured Items”

Posted at 00:00h in Constitution, EPR Extended Producer Responsibility, Polluter Pays, Pollution & Emissions, Waste Management by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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(Photo: Horia Varlan from Bucharest, Romania, CC BY 2.0) ___________________________________________________________________________ Attempts by the federal government to tackle plastic pollution suffered a setback yesterday as the Federal Court of Canada quashed the federal...

10 May Ontario Court finds Climate Litigation Fails on Charter Arguments

Posted at 15:27h in Climate and Energy, Constitution, Environmental Rights by Rebecca Kauffman 2 Comments

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Ontario Court finds Climate Litigation Fails on Charter Arguments In April 2023, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released a decision in one of the first ever climate litigation trials...

27 Apr Cumulative Impacts on the Exercise of Treaty Rights

Posted at 20:59h in Constitution, Environmental Rights, Indigenous affairs by Brenda Heelan Powell 0 Comments

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Cumulative Impacts on the Exercise of Treaty Rights: Lessons from the Blueberry River First Nation Decision and Agreement The entirety of Alberta is subject to historic treaties, encompassing 45 First Nations and 140...

17 Apr The Environment & The Constitution Series: Interprovincial Matters and Impact Assessment

Posted at 20:55h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Constitution, Energy, Pollution & Emissions by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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The Environment & The Constitution Series: Interprovincial Matters and Impact Assessment AN ELC REPORT SERIES The ELC is pleased to present a series of reports and webinars in relation to the constitutional challenges...

16 Mar The Environment & The Constitution Series: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Toxic Substances

Posted at 19:13h in Climate and Energy, Climate Change, Constitution, Energy, Pollution & Emissions by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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The Environment & The Constitution Series: GHGs and Toxic Substances AN ELC REPORT SERIES The ELC is pleased to present a series of reports and webinars in relation to the constitutional challenges...

23 Feb Species at Risk and Water & Fisheries Management

Posted at 21:35h in Conservation, Constitution, Fisheries, Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Water, Water management by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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The Environment & The Constitution Series: Species at Risk and Water & Fisheries Management AN ELC REPORT SERIES The ELC is pleased to present a series of reports and webinars in relation...

16 Feb Battleground Environment

Posted at 19:40h in Conservation, Constitution, Fisheries, Habitat, Nature and Biodiversity, Water, Water management by Rebecca Kauffman 2 Comments

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Battleground Environment Deconstructing Environmental Jurisdiction under the Canadian Constitution BACKGROUNDER TO AN ELC REPORT SERIES The environment and all that it entails does not specifically appear in the Canadian Constitution. Rather, the environment...

26 Sep The Canadian Constitution, the Environment, and the Misguided Notions of Provincial Sovereignty

Posted at 18:47h in Constitution, Core Environmental Principles, Environmental Assessment by Rebecca Kauffman 0 Comments

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The Canadian Constitution, the Environment, and the Misguided Notions of Provincial Sovereignty The proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act has been extensively discussed in the media and in the legal realm since it...