A Missed Opportunity to Strengthen Compliance and Enforcement under the Federal Fisheries, Environmental Assessment and Canadian Energy Regulator Acts

By: Alastair Lucas PDF Version: A Missed Opportunity to Strengthen Compliance and Enforcement under the Federal Fisheries, Environmental Assessment and Canadian Energy Regulator Acts Bills Commented On: Bill C-68, An Act to Amend the Fisheries Act, and Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the […]

Your Concerns Have Been Noted: Citizen Participation in Pipeline Regulatory Processes Under the Proposed Impact Assessment Act

By: Kristen van de Biezenbos PDF Version: Your Concerns Have Been Noted: Citizen Participation in Pipeline Regulatory Processes Under the Proposed Impact Assessment Act Bill 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 […]

Indigenous Engagement and Consideration in the Newly Proposed Impact Assessment Act: The Fog Persists

By: David V. Wright PDF Version: Indigenous Engagement and Consideration in the Newly Proposed Impact Assessment Act: The Fog Persists Bill 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 On February 8, […]

Some Things Have Changed but Much Remains the Same: the New Canadian Energy Regulator

By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Some Things Have Changed but Much Remains the Same: the New Canadian Energy Regulator Bill 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 Given the discussions over […]

Carbon Tax Redux: A Majority of the Alberta Court of Appeal Opines that the Impact Assessment Act is Unconstitutional

By: Martin Olszynski Opinion Commented on: Reference re Impact Assessment Act, 2022 ABCA 165 (CanLII) PDF Version: Carbon Tax Redux: A Majority of the Alberta Court of Appeal Opines that the Impact Assessment Act is Unconstitutional On May 10, 2022, the Alberta Court of Appeal released its lengthy and long-awaited opinion in Reference re Impact […]