By: Martin Olszynski PDF Version: Federal Court of Appeal Reviews CEAA “Justification” Determination for Lower Churchill Falls Case Commented On: Council of the Innu of Ekuanitshit v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 FCA 189 At least three times in the course of the past year, an environmental assessment (EA) panel convened under the Canadian Environmental Assessment […]
By: Sharon Mascher PDF Version: Today’s Word on the Street – “Consent”, Brought to You by the Supreme Court of Canada Case commented on: Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia, 2014 SCC 44 On June 26, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) granted the Tsilhqot’in Nation a declaration of Aboriginal title over 1,750 square kilometres […]
By: Martin Olszynski PDF Version: Greenpeace v Canada: Symbolic Blow to the Nuclear Industry, Game-changer for Everyone Else? Case commented on: Greenpeace Canada v Canada (Attorney General), 2014 FC 463 (CanLII) In this lengthy (431 paragraphs) decision, the Federal Court allowed in part Greenpeace et al’s application for judicial review regarding the Joint Review Panel […]
By: Martin Olszynski PDF Version: To Be (Justified) or Not To Be: That is (Still) the Question Document commented on: Decision Statement Issued under Section 54 of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, SC 2012, c19, for Taseko’s proposed New Prosperity Mine Project A couple of weeks ago, the federal Minister of the Environment, Leona Aglukkaq, […]
ABlawg will be taking a break from Christmas Day to New Year’s. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of our followers for your readership and support this year. We are honoured to have received so many Clawbie nominations from so many diverse sources. When we return in the new year, you can look forward to a […]
