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    Alberta Update: When Does A Plaintiff Lose The Right To Sue For Historic Contamination?

    In Alberta, there is an ultimate limitation period of 10 years from the date the claim arose regardless of when a plaintiff knew or ought to have known about the claim.
    CanadaEnvironment
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    Plastics In The Spotlight

    Plastic marine litter has received a media spotlight in recent years. There is an estimated 150 million tonnes of plastic present in oceans
    CanadaEnvironment
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    Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
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    Jacquelyn Stevens Article In The March/April 2018 Issue Of Fabricare Canada Magazine

    Check out partner and Certified Environmental Law Specialist Jacquelyn Stevens article titled: Your meeting with your environmental lawyer ...
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    Ottawa Finalizes EA Regulations And Shortens List Of Activities Subject To Federal Assessment

    Ottawa has finalized the list of physical activities subject to the revamped Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012.
    CanadaEnvironment
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    Fabricare Canada Magazine Highlights Presentation By Jacquelyn Stevens On Drycleaner Risks And Liabilities

    Jacquelyn's presentation focused on risk and civil liabilities for dry cleaners. Jacquelyn discussed how to minimize risk and the importance of waste management plans.
    CanadaEnvironment
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    Cumulative Effects Assessment: Ontario Forges New Policy To Protect Local Air Quality

    On February 7, 2018, the comment period closed for the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change's (MOECC's) proposed policy for cumulative effects assessments (CEA) in air approvals.
    CanadaEnvironment
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    Ecojustice Files Suit To Close Loophole In B.C. Water Act

    Ecojustice filed a lawsuit with the B.C. Supreme Court on November 13, 2013 on behalf of Sierra Club B.C. and the Wilderness Committee.
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    The First Nation Of Nacho Nyak Dun v Yukon—Interpretation, Reconciliation And The Land Use Planning Process In Modern Treaties

    On December 2, 2014, the Yukon Supreme Court released its much anticipated decision in The First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun v Yukon
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    Time To Dish the Dirt – Ontario's Excess Soil Regime Becomes Law

    The Excess Soil Regulation and complementary regulatory amendments will come into legal force in phases
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    Shareholders In The Crosshairs? Register Of Individuals With Significant Control Could Have Implications For Environmental Regulatory Liability

    As of June 13, 2019, the Canada Business Corporations Act ("CBCA") requires certain federal corporations to keep a register of individuals with "significant control" of the corporation (the "ISC Register").
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    Fabricare Canada Magazine Highlights Article By Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers

    Check out the article by Jacquelyn Stevens and Anand Srivastava titled: What Is Your Risk Tolerance - Key Things to Think About when Buying or Selling a Dry Cleaning Business
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    Eastbound And Down: Atlantic Canada Is The Next Major Pipeline Battleground

    Julie Abouchar is quoted in an article discussing developments to and challenges facing TransCanada’s Energy East project and Enbridge’s Line 9 project.
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    When Is The Right To Sue For Damages From Historic Contamination Lost?

    The discovery of historic contamination can be problematic for a plaintiff in Alberta, a jurisdiction with a 10-year ultimate limitation period under the Limitations Act.
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    Ontario Sets The Stage For Greenhouse Gas Offset Credits

    Ontario continues to implement and refine its cap and trade program. Recently, Ontario finalized an Offset Credits Regulation (O. Reg. 529/17), began publishing Offset Initiative Protocols...
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    TransCanada Files Eastern Mainline Pipeline Project Description With National Energy Board

    TransCanada filed its Eastern Mainline Project Description with the National Energy Board (NEB) today.
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    A Watershed Decision: Supreme Court Rules That Compensation For Flooded Reserve Land Is Insufficient

    In this case, the SCC established a framework on how to equitably compensate Indigenous communities for the unauthorized operation of hydroelectricity projects on Reserve land without consent.
    CanadaEnvironment
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    Government Of Ontario Seeks Public Input About Its New Water Quantity Management Program

    The current moratorium on issuing permits to take water for the purpose of water bottling is expected to expire on October 1, 2020.
    CanadaEnvironment
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    Positioning Ontario Within Canada's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programs

    Ontario's recently announced aggressive new reduction targets are set within Canada's patchwork of greenhouse gas emissions reduction schemes.
    CanadaEnvironment
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    R v Irngaut: Scope Of Territorial Government's Jurisdiction To Appeal Wildlife Convictions, And Officially Induced Error In The Co-Management Context

    The Nunavut Court of Appeal ("NUCA") released its decision in R v Irngaut on April 21, 2020.
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    What Is The Role Of Ontario's New Commissioner Of The Environment

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