Prime Minister Trudeau You’ve Got the Power (the Criminal Law Power): Syncrude Canada Ltd v Canada and Greenhouse Gas Regulation

By: Sharon Mascher PDF Version: Prime Minister Trudeau You’ve Got the Power (the Criminal Law Power): Syncrude Canada Ltd v Canada and Greenhouse Gas Regulation Case Commented on: Syncrude Canada Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2016 FCA 160 (CanLII) On May 30th Justice Rennie delivered the Federal Court of Appeal’s unanimous judgment in Syncrude Canada Ltd […]

Federal Court to Syncrude: Climate Change is a Real, Measured Evil, Whose Harm has been Well Documented

By: Martin Olszynski PDF Version: Federal Court to Syncrude: Climate Change is a Real, Measured Evil, Whose Harm has been Well Documented Case Commented On: Syncrude Canada Ltd. v Attorney General of Canada, 2014 FC 776 “The fall term in the 1997-1998 academic year,” wrote Professor David Beatty, “was a constitutional law teacher’s dream.” Professor […]

Syncrude v Canada: Where is the gatekeeper when you need one?

By: Shaun Fluker PDF Version: Syncrude v Canada: Where is the gatekeeper when you need one? Case Commented On: Syncrude Canada Ltd v Attorney General of Canada, 2014 FC 776 This post continues on from the introductory comment posted by Nigel Bankes on September 11, 2014 (here) concerning this case, and discusses the administrative law […]

The Federal Renewable Fuels Regulations Survive an Aggressive and Comprehensive Challenge from Syncrude

By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: The Federal Renewable Fuels Regulations Survive an Aggressive and Comprehensive Challenge from Syncrude Case Commented On: Syncrude Canada Ltd. v Attorney General of Canada, 2014 FC 776 In the dog days of summer (August 6, 2014) Justice Russel Zinn of the Federal Court of Canada handed down his judgement in […]

Lower Athabasca Regional Plan 10-Year Review Part 3: LARP’s Management Frameworks

By: David Laidlaw Matter Commented on: Lower Athabasca Regional Plan PDF Version: Lower Athabasca Regional Plan 10-Year Review Part 3: LARP’s Management Frameworks This is the third and final post related to the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan’s 10-year review, which was required pursuant to section 6 of the Alberta Land Stewardship Act, […]. Part 1 […]