Picking up the PACE and Running with City Charters: Update on Municipal Government Act As has been covered in several of our previous blog posts, the Municipal Government Act (MGA) has been...
The Environmental Law Centre is pleased to announce a new webinar series. The webinars are based on current areas of focus at the ELC and seek to address how laws and...
Bill 69 and the Impact Assessment Act: public trust regained or more of the same The Government of Canada’s promise to review the 2012 changes to various federal environmental laws has now...
Going, Going… Gone Moving from Conversion to Conservation: Stopping the Loss of Agricultural Lands in Alberta Loss of Agricultural Lands In late 2017, the Alberta Land Institute issued its Economic Evaluation of Farmland Conversion...
Amendments to the Environmental Powers of Municipalities: What has Changed? What Changes are on their Way? Municipal powers for environmental protection and stewardship Municipalities play a key role in managing and protecting Alberta’s environment through...
A wrap-up from October 3rd Green Regs 'n' Ham Who landed in the penalty box? Tackling a topic that is of increasing concern to Albertans was on the agenda for an early...
Market-Based Instruments & the Alberta Land Stewardship Act The ELC is publishing a series of four volumes concerning Market-Based Instruments & the Alberta Land Stewardship Act. This work is to encourage the...
Substantive environmental rights are not overly common and there are no rights to environmental quality in Alberta or Canada for that matter. This environmental rights module canvasses some of...
Substantive environmental rights are not overly common and there are no rights to environmental quality in Alberta or Canada for that matter. This environmental rights module canvasses some of...
Substantive environmental rights are not overly common and there are no rights to environmental quality in Alberta or Canada for that matter. This environmental rights module canvasses some of...
In this paper, we look at what is a right to a healthy environment and why is it important. We examine what environmental rights look like, and look at procedural...
MGA Review and Municipal Environmental Stewardship: You can still have your say On November 22, 2016, the Government of Alberta continued its review and amendment process for the Municipal Government Act...