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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

Canada Fines Cosmetics Company For Violating CEPA, Including Failing To Submit A Significant New Activity Notification

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced on February 2, 2026, that it fined Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. $750,000 for two violations of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA).

Canada Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

ECCC Announces Delay To The Reporting Requirements Under Phases 2 And 3 Of The Federal Plastics Registry

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) recently notified stakeholders of its intent to delay the reporting requirements with respect...

Canada Environment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

How Is Canada Managing The End-of-life For EV Batteries?

For other consumer products—from paint to electronics—Canada has relatively comprehensive end-of-life ("EOL") regulatory frameworks.

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Plan For The Ban: Phases 2 And 3 Of Canada's Federal Plastics Registry Delayed

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Le Canada annonce des modifications prévues aux exigences de déclaration pour le Registre fédéral sur les plastiques

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

L'Alberta ouvre la porte à l'élargissement de la défense fondée sur les règles d'exonération pour les énoncés liés au climat

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canada Announces Planned Changes To Federal Plastics Registry Reporting Requirements

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Alberta Securities Act Amended To Introduce Safe Harbours For Climate-Related Disclosures

Canada Environment

BD

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

December 2025 Amendments To Alberta's TIER Following The MOU With The Federal Government

Canada Environment

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Dentons Canada LLP

Une deuxième série de projets est soumise à l'examen du Bureau des grands projets du Canada

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Climate Litigation Report 2025

Canada Environment

MR

McLennan Ross LLP

Plan For The Ban: Canada To Scrap Export Ban For Single-Use Plastics

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Company Officers And Managers Can Be Subject To Fisheries Act Inspector's Directions: What Terrapure Means For Industry And Individuals

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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

Canada Employment

RT

Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Accepting Money From A Spouse With Tax Problems Can Give You A Bigger Problem With CRA: Panneton v. The King (2024 TCC 24)

RS

Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Webinar: 2026 Canadian In-House Counsel Report: Unparalleled Insights into Canada's In-House Profession from CBA In-House Lawyers

Canada Law Practice

TC

CBA In-House Lawyers

Top Five Artificial Intelligence Trends Shaping Canada's Legal Landscape In 2026

Canada Technology

TM

Torkin Manes LLP

AI Washing: The New Greenwashing — How The SEC's Emerging Technologies Unit Is Rewriting The Compliance Landscape

Canada Technology

ML

McMillan LLP

Biodiversity Net Gain: How Planning Teams And Developers Are Making It Work

With the UN Climate Change Conference, COP30, underway in Belém, Brazil, biodiversity and nature conservation is high on the global agenda. And in England, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is an example of how policy...

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Federal Budget 2025: Energy, Infrastructure, And Indigenous Funding Initiatives

Canada's federal budget, released on Nov. 4, 2025, marked Prime Minister Mark Carney's first budget as the head of a Liberal minority government.

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais 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

Green Light For Green Claims? Federal Government Reverses Course On Greenwashing Rules In Budget 2025

The federal government has just released its Federal Budget 2025 and it's a major update for brands, advertisers, and companies of all sizes, with potential implications for how businesses...

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Changes Coming To Alberta's TIER System

Canada Environment

ML

McMillan LLP

Des organismes de réglementation financière évaluent la résilience climatique des institutions financières canadiennes

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Financial Regulators Assess Climate Resilience Of Canadian Financial Institutions

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Bill C-5 And The Building Canada Act: Federal Government Seeks To Fast-Track 'National Interest' Projects

Canada Environment

AB

Aird & Berlis LLP

Canada Consults On Phase 1 Of Risk Management For PFAS

Canada Environment

TL

Torys LLP

Fast Tracks And Green Gaps Part IV: Shifting Gears: How The United States' Exit From Climate Protection Fuels Canada's IP Advantage

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Application For Extension To Federal Plastics Registry Deadline Of September 29

Canada Environment

WL

WeirFoulds LLP

Powering The Future: SMRs, Nuclear Fuel, And Decarbonizing The Mining Sector

TL

Torys LLP

Navigating Climate Challenge: Key Themes For Business At New York Climate Week

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Fast Tracks And Green Gaps Part II: Innovation Interrupted: What The End Of The USPTO's Green Program Means For Agri-Tech

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Application For Extension To Federal Plastics Registry Deadline Of September 29

The Federal Plastics Registry (FPR) introduced new reporting obligations for producers of certain plastic products placed on the Canadian market in 2024...

Canada Environment

WL

WeirFoulds LLP

Powering The Future: SMRs, Nuclear Fuel, And Decarbonizing The Mining Sector

Powering the Future: SMRs, Nuclear Fuel, and Decarbonizing the Mining Sector was cohosted in partnership with the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA/OECD) and supported through sponsorship by Centrus Energy, NexGen Energy...

TL

Torys LLP

Navigating Climate Challenge: Key Themes For Business At New York Climate Week

The effects of climate change are ever more apparent this year with increasing temperatures impacting seasonal changes and more frequent unusual weather patterns.

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Fast Tracks And Green Gaps Part II: Innovation Interrupted: What The End Of The USPTO's Green Program Means For Agri-Tech

The United States has long been a major player in both agri-tech innovation and the intellectual property (IP) landscape.

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Environmental Administrative Penalty Schemes: Is The Court Creating A Regulatory Charter-Free Zone?

Canada Environment

F

Fasken

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: 2025 Summer Update

In the first half of 2025, we have seen the continuation of innovative product stewardship and extended producer responsibility ("EPR") programs across the country.

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

Climate Change Initiatives: Selected Recent Changes And The Application Of Existing Tax Principles To Clean Energy—Part 2

Greg Johnson, Wesley Novotny and Brendan Sigalet write for the Resource Sector Taxation journal on federal tax policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by incentivizing clean energy technologies.

Canada Environment

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Une nouvelle série de modifications à la Loi sur la qualité de l'environnement

Le gouvernement du Québec a de nouveau adopté un projet de loi visant à modifier la Loi sur la qualité de l'environnement...

Canada Environment

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Fasken (French)

CSA Puts Climate And Diversity Disclosures On Ice – A Strategic Retreat?

Is Canadian securities policy starting to mirror a global rollback of ESG and DEI-related disclosure policies?

Canada Environment

PV

Pallett Valo LLP

Canadian Competition Bureau Releases Final Guidance On Environmental Claims

Canada Anti-trust

DW

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Key Updates Released By Competition Bureau Regarding Greenwashing And The New Private Litigant Regime

Canada Environment

AB

Aird & Berlis LLP

New Private Rights Of Action Have Come Into Force

Canada Anti-trust

F

Fasken

Québec Adopts Bill 81, Amending Most Of The Province's Environmental Laws

Canada Environment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Competition Act Private Rights Of Action Take Effect June 20

Canada Environment

BD

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits – A Post-Election Update

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Competition Bureau Finalizes Greenwashing Enforcement Guidelines

Canada Anti-trust

TL

Torys LLP

Affaire Gaspé Énergies : La Cour d'appel se prononce sur son pouvoir de révision d'une permission d'en appeler et casse le sursis d'application d'une loi environnementale

Canada Litigation

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Fasken (French)

Le bureau de la concurrence du canada publie ses lignes directrices finales sur les déclarations environnementales

Canada Environment

FF

Fasken (French)

Environmental Claims And The Competition Act: Competition Bureau Releases Final Greenwashing Enforcement Guidelines

Canada Anti-trust

ML

McMillan LLP

Fast-Tracking National Interest Projects In Canada: Bill C-5 – An Act To Enact The Free Trade And Labour Mobility In Canada Act And The Building Canada Act

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Accelerated Project Approvals Under The Building Canada Act

Canada Government

C

Cassels

Qui paie la note? Responsabilité élargie des producteurs et possibles répercussions sur votre entreprise

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Competition Bureau's Final Word On Greenwashing: What Businesses Need To Know

Canada Anti-trust

LS

Lenczner Slaght LLP

Canada's Competition Bureau Releases Final Guidelines On Environmental Claims

Canada Anti-trust

F

Fasken

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Adapting To The Changing Conditions Of The Canadian Energy Industry (Video)

BD

Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Tour D'horizon Des Principaux Développements À Venir En Droit Des Valeurs Mobilières (Video)

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Driving Ontario Municipalities Forward (Video)

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Key Takeaways From Our "Corporate Climate Change" Panel Discussion

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Looking For Leadership: The Costs Of Climate Inaction - Annual Greenhouse Gas Report 2014

GW

Gowling WLG

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