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The Drummond Report and Environmental Protection
The sweeping Drummond Report, which was delivered to the Government of Ontario on February 15, 2012, has called for transformational change in the way the Ministry of the Environment (“MOE”) and the Ministry of the Natural Resources (“MNR”) regulate and...
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Environmental Case Law Update
Presentation for Environmental Managers Association of BC Workshop
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Dealing with Regulatory Inspections and Investigations
Miller Thomson Environmental seminar
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Lasting a Lifetime: The ABCs of water infrastructure warranties
WaterCanada, November/December 2011
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Environmental Due Diligence in the Acquisition and Sale of Contaminated Assets
Envirogate - Documenting and Demonstrating Environmental Due Diligence
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Environmental Liability in Canada
Annual Review of Civil Litigation, Carswell, 2011
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In the World of Wind – Setback Shmetback – No Harm, No Foul
Hanna v. Ontario (Attorney General) was at the centre of some controversy amongst those in the Ontario environmental and renewable energy bar. What seemed to start out as an attempt by a local resident to potentially quell wind power development...
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Recent BC Decision Limits Authority of DFO in Development Near Water
A recent decision of the BC Court of Appeal confirms that the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (“DFO”) does not have authority over, and does not need to approve, development near water which does not have a harmful effect...
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No Harm, No Nuisance – The Ontario Court of Appeal Lays Out What Will, and Will Not, Fly in Proving Nuisance: Smith v. Inco Limited
Introduction On October 7, 2011 the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Smith v. Inco Limited, 2011 ONCA 628. The case was brought as a class proceeding by a number of residents of Port Colborne, Ontario who sought...
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Contaminated Sites: EAB Directs Ministry of Environment to Issue Certificate of Compliance
In a recent decision, the BC Environmental Appeal Board (“EAB”) directed the Ministry of Environment to issue a Certificate of Compliance (“COC”) for a property that had been remediated and where the Ministry of Environment had refused to issue a...
