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Jason Kroft and Ghazal Hamedani co-author an article in The Lawyer's Daily that discusses Canada's federal carbon pricing regime.

Across Canada, companies are facing a host of environmental challenges, including sustainability, regulatory obligations and other issues. In episode 12 of our Continuity podcast, ...

The degree of risk a First Nation is willing to take on in a joint venture depends on whether it has the lead role. This was a key observation made during a joint venture trends...

Following closely on the heels of Québec's recent proposal for a provincial greenhouse gas ("GHG") cap-and-trade system, the Ontario government introduced enabling legislation on May 28, 2009 to allow for the implementation of a GHG cap-and-trade system in Ontario by 2012.

One of the most vexing commercial insolvency issues is the competition between creditors with security on environmentally troubled property and environmental authorities looking for deep pockets...

With crude oil prices at record levels, dividends up, profits unprecedented and Exxon’s stock hitting a record high in the first half of 2008, investors should be unequivocal in their support of Rex Tillerson, the CEO and Chairman of Exxon.

In February, Cassels reported on the City of Toronto's adoption of Official Plan Amendment No. 524 (OPA 524), which designated sixteen Protected Major Transit Station Areas...

In late 2023, the Canadian government introduced legislation into Parliament (Bill C-59) that proposed significant amendments to the Competition Act (the "Act").

On April 10, 2019, Bill M209: Business Corporations Amendments Act, 2019 was introduced into the BC Legislature.

Against a backdrop of numerous recent key climate announcements, May 26, 2021, marked a bad day for Big Oil. Engine No. 1, an activist investor with a keen Environmental, Social and Governance focus...

The company owns and operates a waste disposal site located in the County of Lambton situated outside of the City of Sarnia.

The Québec Court of Appeal has certified the Carrier class action by neighbours of a major Québec freeway, the Laurentian Highway (Highway 73) north of Québec City.

This week, the Ontario government introduced Bill 167, the “Toxics Reduction Act, 2009”, which is intended to give Ontarians better disclosure about the use and release of toxic substances in their communities.

The government of Canada recently released a new Arctic Foreign Policy (the "Policy") which includes some nuggets about minerals and critical minerals.

On October 7, 2009, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) released its draft Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Reporting Regulation and Guideline, which would support the implementation of a cap-and-trade program.

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) continues to rapidly introduce changes intended to facilitate implementation of the Green Energy and the Green Economy Act (GEGEA).

On December 1, 2009 Ontario filed its final Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulation (O. Reg. 452/09) under the Environmental Protection Act. The regulation will ensure that an estimated 200 to 300 large emitters of prescribed greenhouse gases (GHGs) will provide regulators detailed GHG emissions data to support a multi-jurisdictional cap-and-trade system.