Category Archives: Environmental

EIA Law Class Recommendations for Reforming Provincial Environmental Assessment

By: David V. Wright and the EIA Law Class Matter Considered: Nova Scotia Environmental Assessment (EA) Modernization initiative and other existing and future initiatives to reform provincial assessment regimes PDF Version: EIA Law Class Recommendations for Reforming Provincial Environmental Assessment … Continue reading

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Supreme Court of Canada Will Soon Rule on the Constitutionality of the Federal Impact Assessment Act. Here’s What to Watch for…

By: David V. Wright Matter Commented On: Forthcoming Supreme Court of Canada reference case in the Matter of An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to … Continue reading

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Counting Straws: Yahey v British Columbia and the Future of Cumulative Effects Management in Canada

By: Martin Olszynski Case Commented On: Yahey v British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 (CanLII) PDF Version: Counting Straws: Yahey v British Columbia and the Future of Cumulative Effects Management in Canada Much has already been written about the British Columbia … Continue reading

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Biodiversity Offsets and the Species at Risk Act (Canada)

By: Shaun Fluker Matter Commented On: Environment and Climate Change Canada Draft Offsetting Policy for Biodiversity PDF Version: Biodiversity Offsets and the Species at Risk Act (Canada) The federal government has a laudable objective of ‘no net loss’ for development … Continue reading

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BC Climate Accountability Law is Justiciable (But Weak Climate Plan is Reasonable)

By: David V. Wright Case Commented On: Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation v British Columbia (Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy), 2023 BCSC 74 PDF Version: BC Climate Accountability Law is Justiciable (But Weak Climate Plan is Reasonable) … Continue reading

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