Category Archives: Environmental

Regulatory chill, weak regional plans, and lots of jobs for lawyers: the proposed amendments to the Alberta Land Stewardship Act

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Nigel Bankes

PDF version: Regulatory chill, weak regional plans, and lots of jobs for lawyers: the proposed amendments to the Alberta Land Stewardship Act  Legislation commented on: Bill 10, the Alberta Land Stewardship Amendment Act, 2011 In an earlier blog, I commented … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental, Property, Protection of Spaces | 1 Comment

The continuing mystery of standing at the Energy Resources Conservation Board

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Shaun Fluker

PDF version: The continuing mystery of standing at the Energy Resources Conservation Board  Case considered: West Energy/Daylight Energy – Section 39 review hearing re: Linda McGinn, 2011 ABERCB 002 A couple weeks ago on ABlawg I suggested that the law … Continue reading →

Posted in Administrative Law, Environmental, Intervenors and Standing | 2 Comments

ALSA and the property rights debate in Alberta: a certificate of title to land is not a “statutory consent”

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Nigel Bankes

PDF version: ALSA and the property rights debate in Alberta: a certificate of title to land is not a “statutory consent”  Statute commented on: Alberta Land Stewardship Act, SA 2009, c.A-26.8 There is significant public debate in Alberta about a … Continue reading →

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The problem of costs at the Energy Resources Conservation Board: Leave to appeal granted in Kelly #4

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Shaun Fluker

PDF version: The problem of costs at the Energy Resources Conservation Board: Leave to appeal granted in Kelly #4  Case considered: Kelly v. Alberta (Energy Resources Conservation Board), 2011 ABCA 19 The Court of Appeal has granted leave on a … Continue reading →

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SARA has a spine as well as teeth

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Nigel Bankes

PDF version: SARA has a spine as well as teeth  Case commented on: David Suzuki Foundation v. Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Minister of the Environment, 2010 FC 1233 Eighteen months ago I blogged on Justice Zinn’s decision … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmental, Protection of Species | 1 Comment