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Phase 1 Of The Federal Plastics Registry: Deadline To Submit Reports Fast Approaching

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...

Canada Environment

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Are You Ready For The New Plastics Registry Reporting Due September 29?

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.

Canada Environment

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WeirFoulds LLP

Ontario's SEZs: A Legislative Power Grab Endangering Indigenous Rights And The Environment

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

Canada Environment

JFK Law LLP

Plan For The Ban: Federal Plastics Registry Portal Is Now Live

The federal government has now launched the reporting platform for Canada's Federal Plastics Registry. With the first reporting deadline looming on September 29, 2025 for the 2024 calendar year...

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Guidance Published For Reporting To The Federal Plastics Registry – Phase 1

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Plan For The Ban: Global Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations On Pause

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Commeth The Hour, Commeth The Corporate: Will 2025 See Business Leaders Become The Most Important Climate Advocates?

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Environmental Law 2024 - Law And Practice

Canada Environment

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Lawson Lundell LLP

Canada's Proposals For Implementing A Modernized CEPA

Canada Environment

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Defining Detection: The Fight Over Coverage In Paramount v. Chubb Insurance

Canada Insurance

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Interpreting Detection Provisions In Pollution Insurance: Insight From The Court Of Appeal Of Alberta

Canada Insurance

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Textile And Apparel Industry Consultation To Help Canada Deter Plastic Waste And Pollution

Canada Environment

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Froese Law

In Case You Missed It… The Comment Period On The Federal Government Consultation On Plastic Waste And Pollution From Textile And Apparel Sector Closes September 1

Canada Environment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Energy Insight – Making Dollars And Sense Of Carbon Markets – Part 2: Carbon Pricing

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McMillan LLP

Powering Innovation: Updates On New And Clean Technology Interconnection Issues In Alberta And Ontario

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Cassels

Contracts For Services vs. Contracts For Goods In Ontario

Canada Commercial

Pacific Legal PC

CRA Unveils New Process For Canadian Taxpayers To Authorize Their Tax Representatives To Access Their Online CRA Account Using "Authorize A Representative"

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

A Canadian Tax Lawyer's Update On Voluntary Disclosure: Créations Guimel Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue), 2025 FC 814 – Reviewing CRA's Duty Of Procedural Fairness In VDP In Applications

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

BC Hydro Doubles Down: 2025 Call For Power Continues Clean Energy Push

ML

McMillan LLP

Messages clés : aperçu du marché pancanadien du carbone

Le 30 mai 2024, McCarthy Tétrault a organisé le séminaire Aperçu du marché pancanadien du carbone dans le cadre de sa série Comment s'y retrouver quand il s'agit d'ESG et de durabilité.

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Harmony At Last? Amendments To Canada's Impact Assessment Act Seek To Harmonize Federal And Provincial Assessments

The Impact Assessment Act ("IAA") has been amended with implications for the assessment and approval of major energy, infrastructure and mining projects going forward. The federal government unveiled...

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Historic Advisory Opinion Issued By The International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea On States' International Obligations Regarding Oceans And Climate Change

On May 21, 2024, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea ("ITLOS" or the "Tribunal") issued its advisory opinion (read the opinion here) on State obligations under international law...

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Are "Surgical" Amendments Enough? Debates Surrounding The Proposed Amendments To The Impact Assessment Act

On June 10, 2024, the Senate received the Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources ("ENEV") Standing Committee's Report regarding the proposed amendments to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA).

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Constructive Expropriation

Canada Real Estate

RM

Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer

Amendments To Impact Assessment Act Released – Triage Or Major Surgery?

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

When To Extend The Limitation Period In Environmental Claims: Alberta Court Of Appeal Issues Its Latest Ruling

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Advancing Regulatory Tools For Climate-resilient Buildings

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Pipeline Predicaments: A Showdown Of Environmental Liability In Alberta's Court Of Appeal

Canada Environment

CC

CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Federal Court Strikes Down Order Designating Plastics As Toxic Substances

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Packaging Dilemma

Canada Healthcare

GW

Gowling WLG

Court Rules Federal Cabinet Acted Outside Their Authority By Broadly Designating Plastic Manufactured Items As Toxic

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Stick A (Plastic) Fork In It: Canadian Federal Plastics Designation Declared Unlawful

Canada Environment

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Dentons

B.C. Government Enforces 'Polluter Pays' Principle With Environmental Management Act

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

The Packaging Dilemma

The Government of Canada has taken action towards reducing plastic pollution through its Zero Plastic Waste Agenda. While the goal of reducing plastic pollution is important...

Canada Healthcare

GW

Gowling WLG

Court Rules Federal Cabinet Acted Outside Their Authority By Broadly Designating Plastic Manufactured Items As Toxic

On November 16, 2023, in Responsible Plastic Use Coalition v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change), the Federal Court ruled that the federal cabinet acted outside their authority when they issued an...

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Stick A (Plastic) Fork In It: Canadian Federal Plastics Designation Declared Unlawful

On November 16, 2023, the Federal Court of Canada (Court) released its decision in Responsible Plastic Use Coalition v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change).

Canada Environment

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Dentons

B.C. Government Enforces 'Polluter Pays' Principle With Environmental Management Act

On November 8, 2023, proposed amendments to British Columbia's Environmental Management Act, SBC 2003, c 53 (EMA) received royal assent.

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

The Federal Court Rules That The Order Labelling Plastics As A Toxic Substance Is Unreasonable And Unconstitutional

Canada Environment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

ECCC Launches Consultation On Requirement For Major Grocers To Develop Pollution Prevention Plans For Primary Packaging

Until August 30th, 2023, Environment and Climate Change Canada ("ECCC") is welcoming comments from players in the grocery industry to tailor new pollution prevention...

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

ECCC Consultation On Food Contact Plastic Packaging Pollution Prevention Plan Requirements

On August 1, 2023, Environment and Climate Change Canada ("ECCC") published a consultation document to gather views on a proposed requirement for certain retail parties in the food supply chain to develop...

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Alberta's Carbon Pricing Emissions Trading System: Criminal Charges Laid

On May 3, 2023, the Alberta Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas charged Amberg Corp., a private environmental services company, and an individual director or officer...

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Plan For The Ban: UNEP Issues Report Offering Insight And Guidance For World's First Global Plastics Pollution Treaty

This is the eighth bulletin in our "Plan for the Ban" series regarding prohibitions and increased regulation of single-use plastics relevant to Canadian businesses and companies...

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Updating Saskatchewan's Environmental Protection Legislation

Canada Environment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

New Restrictions And Prohibitions Affecting Single-Use Items And Plastics

Canada Environment

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

Saskatchewan Releases Emissions-reduction Regulations

Canada Environment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

False Or Misleading Claims In Big Oil: Risk On Both Sides Of The Coin

Canada Environment

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Dentons

The ‘Polluter Pays' Principle: Proposed Amendments To The Environmental Management Act May Usher In A New Era For B.C. Industrial Companies

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Sierra Club Of British Columbia Foundation V. British Columbia

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Alberta's Emissions Reduction And Energy Development Plan

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

"Green" Hydrogen Power: Using Water To Reach Net-Zero

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Alberta Wildfires And Workplace Health And Safety: What Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

C

Cassels

La qualité est clé – Pour des crédits carbone de grande intégrité dans un monde à faibles émissions

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Canada Provincial Carbon Regimes: A Mixed Bag To Fight Climate Change¹

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Plastics Recyclability Labelling And Registry Consultations Launched

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Québec Publie Un Second Omnibus Règlementaire En Matière Environnementale

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Quebec Publishes A Second Environmental Regulatory Omnibus

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Canada's Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System

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Procido LLP

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