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Sometimes, relationships between the regulated and the regulator go way off the rails, as happened with Richard and Jeffrey Clare, a father and son, who operate a large cattle farming operation in Burford, Ontario.

The federal government is proposing to consolidate and streamline the Export and Import Regulations, the Interprovincial Movement Regulations, and PCB Waste Export Regulations.

Federal Bills C-38 and C-45, both of which received royal assent in 2012, made several noteworthy changes to the Fisheries Act.

The Province of B.C. takes its economic development and environmental stewardship seriously and leads by example to address climate change, as well as provide opportunities for clean technology companies. It recently became the first province in Canada to legislate broad-based greenhouse gas reduction targets, with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act.

As reported in our earlier blog, British Columbia (BC) Premier Christy Clark appointed a Climate Leadership Team in May 2015 to provide advice and recommendations to government for its new Climate Leadership Plan.

A coal mining company was fined approximately $4.5 million in federal and provincial penalties as a result of a spill from its tailings pond into tributaries flowing into the Athabasca River in Alberta.

The recent use of a Community Justice Forum in a case involving Teck Metals Ltd., arising out of a mercury spill, indicates that restorative justice is now an accepted alternative to enforcement proceedings under various environmental statutes.

In case you missed it just before the holidays, the Competition Bureau published detailed new draft guidance to guide the enforcement of the recently enacted prohibitions against greenwashing under the Competition Act.

On February 8, 2024, the Government of Canada announced that it is conducting a consultation to determine how the right to a healthy environment will be implemented.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has stayed the Ostrander Point wind approval pending an appeal by the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists.

In a recent decision, the Federal Court has rejected an attempt by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to set aside ministerial approval of a significant...

A New Brunswick court has upheld a little-known provi¬sion of a federal regulation which makes it an offence to disturb, destroy or take a nest of a migratory bird without a permit.

As these strange times continue to evolve, it is important to ensure that all companies whose operations raise environmental compliance issues try to think through and plan for what might happen in the coming weeks and perhaps months.

Over the last few weeks a new publicity campaign by the Coalition Bois Québec has been promoting the environmental benefits of the use of wood in construction, specifically for its contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

In March of this year, the West Moberly First Nations ("West Moberly"), a Treaty 8 First Nation, successfully stalled work by First Coal Corporation ("First Coal") on a project in the Peace River coal field near Chetwynd, B.C., until a plan to protect and augment the dwindling Burnt Pine caribou herd could be introduced.

Last year BLG’s Environmental Law Cross-Country Check-Up discussed the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in "Smith v. Inco".

North America's first tidal turbine was recently connected to the power grid in Nova Scotia.he turbine being tested as part of a proposed project that would eventually see turbines installed...