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Federal Natural Resources Joe Oliver, in a speech in Calgary on Wednesday, committed to reforming and streamlining the federal environmental approvals process in the coming months.

The National Energy Board ("NEB") is currently seeking comments on its proposed approach to damage prevention for oil pipelines.

Officially, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, has abolished most federal environmental assessment screenings, but the practical effect is less than it appears. Parks Canada, for example, has simply replaced the old Canadian Environmental Assessment Act process with its new, nonstatutory, "Environmental Impact Assessment" process.

In the past year, Alberta has undergone unprecedented environmental regulatory reform impacting its energy sector.

A new treaty governing biodiversity and the use of nearly 50 per cent of the world's oceans, is inching closer to realisation.

Now that Canada is heading for another federal election, Bill C-15, the fourth attempt to update Canadian nuclear liability laws, will again die on the order paper.

Obama stated that the United States must "act with more urgency" citing continuing climate changes which have seen droughts and floods affect North American cities in recent years.

Last week, at the Council of the Federation talks in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Ontario Premier, Doug Ford announced Ontario's intention to intervene in Saskatchewan's

In the recent decision in Unifor Local 2301 v. Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., the British Columbia Court of Appeal confirmed that approval of a monitoring plan submitted under an environmental permit falls...

The PMRA is required to consult with the public upon making a decision to grant a registration application of a product.

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is considering the development of a new clean fuels regulation under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.

Bill C-15 - An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025 (Bill) was introduced for first reading in the House of Commons on November 18, 2025.

The Ontario government has introduced new legislation and a draft regulation intended to reduce the regulatory burden and approvals process for some environmental approvals.

In the landmark decision of “Morton v. British Columbia (Agriculture and Lands)” (9 February 2009) the British Columbia Supreme Court held that the Government of British Columbia had no jurisdiction to regulate fish farms throughout the province and declared that the authority to do so was vested solely in the federal government, under section 91(12) of the “Constitution Act”, 1867.

As mentioned in our previous post, there is a limited right of public access to approvals documents that are part of an application for an Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA), or are part of the ECA itself, during an application for leave to appeal that ECA to the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT).

Québec has a modern, diversified, and somewhat dirigiste economy, in which the Government of Québec is not afraid to assume a central role. For decades now, the Government has attempted to...

On April 23, 2009, in a ruling by the Federal Court of Canada, the Canadian Minister of the Environment (MOE) was ordered to publish, through the “National Pollutant Release Inventory” (NPRI), information regarding releases and transfers to tailings and waste rock disposal areas by mining facilities for 2006 and subsequent reporting years.