Canada: Environment

On June 5, 2025, Canada's Competition Bureau (the "Bureau") published its highly anticipated final guidance on greenwashing and environmental...

On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice ("ICJ") released a highly anticipated advisory opinion addressing the obligations of States concerning climate change under international law (the "Advisory Opinion").

On April 20, 2024, the federal Department of the Environment published a notice in the Gazette ("Notice") pursuant to section 46(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999...

Recently, the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (the "Ministry") posted proposed regulations pursuant to section 176 of the Mining Act on Ontario’s Environmental Registry (the "EBR").

Notice was given on June 4, 2011 that a Climate Change Plan had been prepared by the Minister of Environment pursuant to Section 5(1) of the "Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act". This was the fifth iteration of the Plan required under the "Act".

In January, much of the European Union carbon trading system was shut down in response to the theft of carbon credits from a Czech carbon registry.

On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice ("ICJ") released a highly anticipated advisory opinion addressing the obligations of States concerning climate change under international law (the "Advisory Opinion").

On April 20, 2024, the federal Department of the Environment published a notice in the Gazette ("Notice") pursuant to section 46(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999...

In the first half of 2025, we have seen the continuation of innovative product stewardship and extended producer responsibility ("EPR") programs across the country.

On April 20, 2024, the federal Department of the Environment published a notice in the Gazette ("Notice") pursuant to section 46(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999...

The federal government has recently launched the Federal Plastics Registry (the "FPR"), a new initiative that establishes mandatory requirements to monitor and track plastics from manufacturing through to end-of-life.

Ontario's Bill 5, the "Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 2025,"[1] has unleashed a torrent of criticism.