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...
Does a flood mitigation “dry dam” require an environmental assessment? This question was raised at the Oldman Watershed Council Annual General Meeting. The “dry dam” proposed for the Elbow River is...
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...
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...
2013: environmental law and policy, the year in brief ...
Roxanne's story: What your donations support When Roxanne Walsh first contacted the Environmental Law Centre on October 24, 2006, asking for information about how she could protect her community, we had...
An update on amendments to federal environmental assessment laws Following public consultation on proposed amendments earlier this year, the federal government recently passed amendments to the Regulations Designating Physical Activities (RDPA). The...
Pembina ruling shines spotlight on need for reform This week, the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench issued a ruling on public engagement in environmental decision-making in Pembina Institute v. Alberta (Environment...
What does the B.C. government’s rejection of the Northern Gateway Project mean? In recent days, there has been extensive media coverage on the rejection of the Northern Gateway Project by the...
More changes to federal environmental assessment laws on the horizon The federal government has recently proposed amendments to the Regulations Designating Physical Activities (RDPA) which are central to the operation of...