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...
Second regional plan poses challenge for the Land Use Framework The Draft South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (Draft SSRP) is a work in progress that must do more if it is to...
South Saskatchewan Regional Plan tests the Land Use Framework The Draft South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (Draft SSRP) is a work in progress that must do more if it is...
A confidential mess: The problem with confidentiality when cleaning up pollution When a polluter contaminates the environment should we know exactly what is being done to address that harm? ...
A confidential mess: The problem with confidentiality when cleaning up pollution Case comment re Imperial Oil Limited v Calgary (City), 2013 ABQB 393 (CanLII). When a polluter contaminates the environment...
The quandary of cumulative effects — Fitting a science peg in a law hole In March 2012, ELC Executive Director Cindy Chiasson presented a paper called “The Quandary of...
Federal laws protecting Canadian waters under threat It has been about a year since the federal government introduced Bills C-38 and C-45 which have weakened Canada’s environmental laws. ...
Federal laws protecting Canadian waters under threat It has been about a year since the federal government introduced Bills C-38 and C-45 which have weakened Canada’s environmental laws. Among...
Rio +20 = 1867? Canada’s interesting math On the verge of the end of Rio +20 and the passage of the federal budget bill (C-38), I felt it worthwhile...
Castle logging tests public lands law Regulated access to public land in Alberta has undergone a major overhaul. As of September 2011, the Public Lands Administration Regulation is in...
Will Statoil’s “creative sentence” prevent illegal water use? Norwegian giant Statoil has pled guilty to breaching the terms of a Water Act license, joining Suncor and Syncrude as the third...
Will Statoil’s “creative sentencing” prevent illegal water use? Norwegian giant Statoil has pled guilty to breaching the terms of a Water Act license, joining Suncor and Syncrude as the...