By: Drew Yewchuk PDF Version: When Are the COVID-19 Related Changes and Suspensions to Albertan Law Scheduled to End? Decision Commented On: COVID-19 orders and legislation A recurring theme of recent ABlawg posts is the difficulty in determining what legal authority is being used to make emergency-based changes to Alberta law due to COVID-19, and […]
By: Shaun Fluker PDF Version: COVID-19 and the Suspension of Environmental Monitoring in the Oil Sands Decisions Commented On: Alberta Energy Regulator Decisions 20200505A, 20200501C, 20200501B, and 20200501A Last week the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) issued decisions 20200429D (subsequently replaced with 20200505A), 20200501C, 20200501B, and 20200501A, which suspend environmental monitoring requirements associated with oil sands mines […]
By: Lisa Silver PDF Version: Regulating Covid-19 From the Criminal Law Perspective The focus of this post is criminal law. This is a bold statement considering we are, with this COVID-19 crisis, currently deeply within the regulatory world. There is so much to unpack in the area of regulation and COVID-19 that to focus on […]
By: Shaun Fluker PDF Version: COVID-19 and the Exercise of Legislative Power by the Executive Legislation Commented On: Regulations Act, RSA 2000, c R-14 and Public Health Orders issued in relation to COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has become a rare opportunity to study the widespread exercise of emergency lawmaking powers in Canada. Governments have enacted […]
By: Jennifer Koshan PDF Version: Domestic Violence and Legal Issues Related to COVID-19, Part II In my last post, I discussed domestic violence dimensions of the responses of the government and judiciary in Alberta to the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing primarily on provincial law and policy. This follow-up post reviews additional provincial laws and policies (including […]
