The New Wastewater Systems Effluent Regulations under the federal Fisheries Act
Each year, Canadian waters receive billions of litres of untreated wastewater. After a number of high profile prosecutions of a number of municipalities under the Fisheries Act for depositing these “deleterious substances”, and after three years of consultation on national...
Turtles One, Turbines Zero
The Ostrander Decision The slowest doesn’t always finish last. At least that was one lesson learned in July 2013 when the Environmental Review Tribunal (“Tribunal”) delivered an unprecedented decision in Alliance to Protect Prince Edward County v. Director, Ministry of...
Contaminated Land: Commercial, Regulatory and Insolvency Considerations
Law Society of Upper Canada's Commercial Priorities for Real Estate and Business Lawyers 2013 program
Environmental Law: Recent Developments of Importance
The 2013 Lexpert®/American Lawyer Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada
More Changes to Federal Environmental Law Landscape in Second Omnibus Bill
On October 18, the Federal Government introduced a second Omnibus Bill to implement measures introduced in the March budget. The Jobs and Growth Act, 2012 (Bill C-45) would re-write the Navigable Waters Protection Act, further amend the Fisheries Act and the...
BC Company Fined for Offences Under the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act
On September 11th, 2012, J & A Health Food International Ltd., based in Richmond, BC, received penalties totalling $45,000 after pleading guilty to three offences under the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act...
Greater Vancouver Regional District Proposes New Odour Management Bylaw
The introduction of regulatory measures to address the impact of odour emissions from facilities that process organic materials is being considered by the Greater Vancouver Regional District (the “GVRD”). The GVRD has the authority to address issues surrounding air quality...
Amendments to the Fisheries Act – New Fish Habitat Provisions and Increased Penalties
The federal Fisheries Act (the “Act”) is arguably the most powerful and most applied, on a day to day basis, environmental law in the country. Amendments to the Act that were passed in to law by the government on June...
The Federal Government’s Plan to Overhaul Environmental Assessment
On April 17th, the Minister of Natural Resources announced the Harper Government’s plan to streamline the environmental assessment process for major economic projects. According to the Government, more then 500 projects representing $500 billion in new investments will be proposed...
Rewind re Wind
The latest case to challenge wind turbines and related health effects got, and then lost, some wind in its sails in February 2012 when the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal ruled on 2 separate motions in the Zephyr Farms case. Middlesex-Lambton...
