(Final?) Brief re: Bill C-69 to the Senate Committee on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources

By: Martin Olszynski Legislation Commented On:Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts PDF Version: (Final?) Brief re: Bill C-69 to the Senate Committee on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources The Senate Committee on […]

ABlawg: Year in Review 2018

By: Admin PDF Version: ABlawg: Year in Review 2018 2018 was a notable year for ABlawg as we celebrated our tenth anniversary in February. ABlawg also received its first cite by the Supreme Court of Canada, with the Supreme Court citing Nigel Bankes’ post, The Duty to Consult and the Legislative Process: But What About […]

Bill C-69’s Detractors Can Blame Harper’s 2012 Omnibus Overreach (Blog Edition)

By: Martin Olszynski PDF Version: Bill C-69’s Detractors Can Blame Harper’s 2012 Omnibus Overreach (Blog Edition) Legislation Commented On: An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (Bill C-69) Last week, Postmedia columnists Licia Corbella […]

Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada: A case of easier said than done

By: David V. Wright PDF Version: Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada: A case of easier said than done Case Commented On: Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Canada (Attorney General) 2018 FCA 153 The Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) released its long-awaited decision on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (“TMX”) on August 30, 2018 as Tsleil Waututh v. Canada […]

Alberta and British Columbia: How the constitution makes you best pals – Constitutional Perspectives

Presenter: Fenner Stewart (Professor, University of Calgary)  PDF Version: Alberta and British Columbia: How the constitution makes you best pals – Constitutional Perspectives Summarized By: Alexander Crisp, JD Candidate 2020, University of Calgary Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of blog posts that provides summaries of presentations from the ninth annual Energy […]