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On March 4, 2019, Topwin Trading Co. Ltd. ("Topwin") pled guilty to violating the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (WAPRIITA)

Navigate the complexities of ESG with greater clarity. This study surveys 81 public companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange and Climate Engagement Canada Focus List and delivers practical insights...

Dianne delivered a presentation to the American Bar Association on July 22, providing a comprehensive overview of wind litigation in Ontario since the Green Energy Act came into effect.

With the coming into force on April 28, 2014 of its empowering legislation, the Protecting Alberta's Environment Act (found here), the province's new environmental monitoring agency, the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency, or AEMERA, is now open for business.

Greenwashing has dominated corporate and regulatory conversations in recent years. From the introduction of new Competition Act provisions targeting misleading environmental claims to subsequent government efforts...

On October 17, 2012, the Government of Alberta announced the establishment of a new arm’s-length environmental monitoring agency, the Alberta Environmental Management Agency ("AEMA").

In a recent decision, R v 3853942 Canada Inc, 2016 BCPC 331, the British Columbia Provincial Court, considered the obligation of the Crown to give particulars for an offence under the Fisheries Act...

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment has published its draft requirements for complete applications for the new Environmental Compliance Approvals.

The Government of Saskatchewan is working to achieve a 40 per cent emissions reduction from 2005 levels in Saskatchewan power generation by the end of 2029.

On Friday May 24th, the BC Court of Appeal held that BC's proposed legislation blocking the Trans Mountain pipeline is unconstitutional. In a clear decision curtailing the provinces' ability to interfere with federal undertakings, the Court reaffirmed

The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently confirmed that company executives can be personally liable for environmental infractions.

The Board also concluded that the EMA does not, expressly or impliedly, require the Ministry to consider the cumulative effects of emissions from other facilities.

British Columbia has announced further amendments to its Zero-Emission Vehicles Act, reducing the province’s 2035 zero-emission vehicle (“ZEV“) sales target from 100% down to 75% and removing the outright ban on new internal-combustion-engine (“ICE“) vehicle sales, originally slated to start in January 2035.

When the House of Commons re-opens on March 3, 2010, Bill C-300 (the Corporate Accountability of Mining, Oil and Gas Corporations in Developing Countries Act) will be back in front of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development for 60 days.

Bill S-5 was introduced on February 9, 2022, to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 ("CEPA"). On June 13, 2023, Bill S-5 received Royal Assent.

On June 20th, 2019 the Canadian Senate, Parliament's chamber of second thought, approved two government bills for which it had proposed significant

The excessively broad risk of personal liability for municipal councillors and staff in the Ontario Safe Drinking Water Act was supposed to improve public health and safety.