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The federal government's 2025 budget proposes significant changes to Canada's greenwashing provisions under the Competition Act (Act).

Last December, the Hudson's Bay Company was fined for a large release of PCBs into the St. Lawrence River in 2011. The release involved 146 kg of PCBs, exceeding the permitted amount...

A conservation officer saw two individuals sitting in their truck strategically located in order to observe the decoys with binoculars.

On March 27, 2019, three individuals in Quebec pleaded guilty to two counts each under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, S.C. 1994, c. 22, or unlawfully disturbing migratory bird nests...

The Québec Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Ms Line Beauchamp, recently tabled a new bill to the National Assembly that aims to reinforce compliance with the Environment Quality Act (the "Act"), notably by introducing new administrative sanctions and increasing the penal sanctions that have existed for over 20 years.

Ever wondered why good science has lost so much traction in public policy, especially in the US?

Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent and Alberta Environment and Water Minister Diane McQueen jointly announced today a new joint plan to improve environmental monitoring of the oil sands.

The Ministry of the Environment’s Modernization of Approvals process is starting to make a real difference: kudos to Marcia Wallace, Doris Dumais and the others involved.

For many years, the Ministry of the Environment has talked about adopting a Materials Management policy to regulate the movement of soils from one property to another.

Fair sharing of biodiversity: The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization, under the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), enters into force this week.

The new penalty scheme for federal environmental statutes is now in full effect, with the passing of new regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

The Government of Canada has adopted new regulations reinforcing greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles and engines.

The federal cabinet granted the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans the power to issue regulations allowing certain deposits of deleterious substances.

On February 27, 2015, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories (NWTSC) released its interlocutory decision in Tłįchǫ Government v Canada (Attorney General).

On May 27, 2014 two Ministry Officers attended the property as part of the Ministry's inspection program.

The line between "hazardous" and "non-hazardous" waste is often drawn in a somewhat arbitrary way, sometimes for historical reasons.

On November 29, 2018, the Ontario government released its Environment Plan: Preserving and Protecting our Environment for Future Generations.