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La plus récente décision du Canada concernant le plastique et ses répercussions sur votre stratégie ESG

Le 30 janvier 2026, la Cour d'appel fédérale (la « Cour ») a rendu une importante décision dans l'affaire Canada (Procureur général) c. Coalition pour une utilisation responsable du plastique...

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Listed And Lawful: Canada's Federal Court Of Appeal Upholds Federal Government's Listing Of Plastic As Toxic

In 2021, the federal government listed "plastic manufactured items" ("PMI") as toxic substances under Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 ("CEPA").

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Implementation Framework For The Right To A Healthy Environment Under CEPA

The Framework establishes how CEPA will be administered to fulfill the Government of Canada's duty to respect, protect and fulfill the Right

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

A New Problem For EV Fast Chargers: Air Pollution

This information that follows is taken from sources including The Car Connection, Autoweek, Green Car Reports, and other industry sources.

Canada Environment

CM

Crowe MacKay LLP

Phase 1 Of The Federal Plastics Registry: Deadline To Submit Reports Fast Approaching

Canada Environment

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Are You Ready For The New Plastics Registry Reporting Due September 29?

Canada Environment

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WeirFoulds LLP

Ontario's SEZs: A Legislative Power Grab Endangering Indigenous Rights And The Environment

Canada Environment

JFK Law LLP

Plan For The Ban: Federal Plastics Registry Portal Is Now Live

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Guidance Published For Reporting To The Federal Plastics Registry – Phase 1

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Plan For The Ban: Global Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations On Pause

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Commeth The Hour, Commeth The Corporate: Will 2025 See Business Leaders Become The Most Important Climate Advocates?

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Environmental Law 2024 - Law And Practice

Canada Environment

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Lawson Lundell LLP

Canada's Proposals For Implementing A Modernized CEPA

Canada Environment

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Defining Detection: The Fight Over Coverage In Paramount v. Chubb Insurance

Canada Insurance

CC

CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Canada's Vulnerable Worker Open Work Permit: What's New And Why It Matters

Canada Employment

Moving2Canada

Court Finds Employee Rightfully Dismissed After Publishing Social Media Post About His Employer

Canada Employment

C

Cassels

Clarification On Joint Wills

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Clark Wilson LLP

Workplace Culture As An Excuse: Can A "Racist Culture" Be A Mitigating Factor?

Canada Employment

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Secret Recordings In The Workplace Can Lead To Dismissal

Canada Employment

CP

Cox & Palmer

Interpreting Detection Provisions In Pollution Insurance: Insight From The Court Of Appeal Of Alberta

On Aug. 13, 2024, the Court of Appeal of Alberta (the ABCA) released its decision in Paramount Resources Ltd v. Chubb Insurance Company of Canada, 2024 ABCA 266 [Paramount]. The ABCA allowed the appeal.

Canada Insurance

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Textile And Apparel Industry Consultation To Help Canada Deter Plastic Waste And Pollution

The Government of Canada has conducted a consultation process on its draft outline to address plastic waste and pollution in the textile and apparel industry. This draft outline fits into the Government of Canada's larger...

Canada Environment

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Froese Law

In Case You Missed It… The Comment Period On The Federal Government Consultation On Plastic Waste And Pollution From Textile And Apparel Sector Closes September 1

The proposed objective of the draft roadmap is to prevent textile and apparel waste from going to landfill or incineration or being discharged into the environment as pollution.

Canada Environment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Energy Insight – Making Dollars And Sense Of Carbon Markets – Part 2: Carbon Pricing

Following Part 1 of our series on carbon markets, which discussed carbon capture, utilization and storage ("CCUS"), this second segment will examine the carbon pricing markets in Canada, Alberta, the European...

ML

McMillan LLP

Messages clés : aperçu du marché pancanadien du carbone

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Harmony At Last? Amendments To Canada's Impact Assessment Act Seek To Harmonize Federal And Provincial Assessments

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Historic Advisory Opinion Issued By The International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea On States' International Obligations Regarding Oceans And Climate Change

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Are "Surgical" Amendments Enough? Debates Surrounding The Proposed Amendments To The Impact Assessment Act

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Constructive Expropriation

Canada Real Estate

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Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer

Amendments To Impact Assessment Act Released – Triage Or Major Surgery?

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

When To Extend The Limitation Period In Environmental Claims: Alberta Court Of Appeal Issues Its Latest Ruling

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Advancing Regulatory Tools For Climate-resilient Buildings

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Pipeline Predicaments: A Showdown Of Environmental Liability In Alberta's Court Of Appeal

Canada Environment

CC

CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Federal Court Strikes Down Order Designating Plastics As Toxic Substances

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

When To Extend The Limitation Period In Environmental Claims: Alberta Court Of Appeal Issues Its Latest Ruling

The Alberta Court of Appeal issued its decision in Paramount Resources Ltd. v. Grey Owl Engineering Ltd. on February 21, 2024.

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Advancing Regulatory Tools For Climate-resilient Buildings

In its Early Estimate of National Emissions released in September 2023, the Canadian Climate Institute found that emissions from the Canadian building sector increased from 84 mega tonnes...

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Pipeline Predicaments: A Showdown Of Environmental Liability In Alberta's Court Of Appeal

When the polluter pays for the clean-up costs of a pipeline leak, can they then turn around and seek to recover these costs from the parties responsible for installing the pipeline decades before?

Canada Environment

CC

CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Federal Court Strikes Down Order Designating Plastics As Toxic Substances

On November 16, 2023, the Federal Court (Court) in Responsible Plastic Use Coalition v. Canada (Environment and Climate Change)...

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Packaging Dilemma

Canada Healthcare

GW

Gowling WLG

Impact Assessment Act Found To Be Mostly Unconstitutional

In the highly anticipated Reference re Impact Assessment Act, 2023 SCC 23 the majority (5-2) of the Supreme Court of Canada...

Canada Environment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

What Now? The Supreme Court Of Canada Finds The Federal Impact Assessment Act Largely Unconstitutional

Jurisdiction over the environment is shared between the federal and provincial governments under the Canadian constitution.

Canada Environment

C

Cassels

A Climacteric Litigation Decision – Part I: A Discussion Of The Montana Climate Trial

In Held, et al v State of Montana, et al ("Held"), the Montana First Judicial District Court in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, handed down an Order that is reportedly the first major climate litigation decision...

Canada Environment

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

Federal Government Asserts Jurisdiction Over Electricity In New Draft Regulations

The Canadian government released its long-anticipated draft Clean Electricity Regulations (Regulations) on August 10, 2023, setting out its approach to mandating a net-zero emissions...

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

ECCC Launches Consultation On Requirement For Major Grocers To Develop Pollution Prevention Plans For Primary Packaging

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

ECCC Consultation On Food Contact Plastic Packaging Pollution Prevention Plan Requirements

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Alberta's Carbon Pricing Emissions Trading System: Criminal Charges Laid

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Plan For The Ban: UNEP Issues Report Offering Insight And Guidance For World's First Global Plastics Pollution Treaty

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Updating Saskatchewan's Environmental Protection Legislation

Canada Environment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

New Restrictions And Prohibitions Affecting Single-Use Items And Plastics

Canada Environment

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

Saskatchewan Releases Emissions-reduction Regulations

Canada Environment

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

False Or Misleading Claims In Big Oil: Risk On Both Sides Of The Coin

Canada Environment

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Dentons Canada LLP

The ‘Polluter Pays' Principle: Proposed Amendments To The Environmental Management Act May Usher In A New Era For B.C. Industrial Companies

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Sierra Club Of British Columbia Foundation V. British Columbia

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Alberta's Emissions Reduction And Energy Development Plan

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

"Green" Hydrogen Power: Using Water To Reach Net-Zero

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Alberta Wildfires And Workplace Health And Safety: What Employers Need To Know

Canada Employment

C

Cassels

La qualité est clé – Pour des crédits carbone de grande intégrité dans un monde à faibles émissions

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Canada Provincial Carbon Regimes: A Mixed Bag To Fight Climate Change¹

Canada Environment

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

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