When it comes to contaminated property and its impacts to the environment, there is more than meets the eye.

About a year ago, on April 1, 2019, the Office of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario ("ECO") was shuttered by the Ontario Government.

On August 19, 2019, the British Columbia Provincial Court released the sentencing decision in R v Kirby Offshore Marine Operating LLC.

The interpretation and application of the precautionary principle in Canada is far from settled

As early as 2011, the City of Toronto attempted unsuccessfully to regulate the possession, consumption or sale of shark fins and shark fin food products.

Canadian environmental case law during the past 18 months gave environmental lawyers much to talk about. Personal liability of directors and officers is more uncertain than ever ..

The period for filing an appeal of the Environmental Review Tribunal ("ERT") decision on the Ostrander Point Wind Farm has passed.

The Supreme Court held that the EPA did not, unilaterally, have the authority to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission permitting thresholds.

Noront Resources Ltd. submitted its draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Assessment Report for its Eagles Nest Project in Northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire on December 21, 2013. Aboriginal communities and resource companies in the region are now wondering what happens next.

In a decision released on May 12, 2020, Justice D.E. Harris of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ("the Court") allowed an appeal from a sentence in R v Collingwood Prime Realty Holding Corp et al

In response to widespread complaints by manufacturers, dealers and consumers, Ontario has frozen the so-called "eco-fees" that are used to finance the diversion of off-the-road (OTR) tires from disposal.

On the eve of the Summer Solstice, Prime Minister Harper announced a few changes in the senior ranks of the federal bureaucracy.

On May 3, 2018, the Government of Ontario and a number of First Nations signed resource revenue sharing agreements.

Being green can have its challenges. The promotion of organic farming and rise of cannabis cultivation have brought agriculture in conflict with urban areas.

On July 8, 2020, the Ontario Government proposed significant amendments to the Environmental Assessment Act ("EAA") included in the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 ("Bill 197").

Canadian courts continue to grapple with issues at the untidy intersection of insolvency law and environmental regulation.

On April 13, 2015, Ontario announced that it would join Quebec and California’s harmonized cap and trade system to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

The Supreme Court of British Columbia recently released its decision in Yahey v British Columbia, 2021.

This is an update to our March 2, 2015 article entitled Northwest Territories Supreme Court Grants Tłįchǫ Government Injunction To Delay Elimination of Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board.

On January 29, 2015, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that counsel and their experts are permitted to confer in a way that does not interfere with an expert’s impartiality and meets the standards of conduct prescribed by both the expert’s and counsel’s respective professional regulating bodies.