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Plan For The Ban: UPDATE Environment Canada Clarifies Timing For Delay Of Phases 2 & 3 Of Canada’s Federal Plastics Registry

In January 2026, Environment and Climate Change Canada (“ECCC”) announced that all reporting requirements for Phases 2 and 3 of Canada’s Federal Plastics Registry will be delayed...

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Canada Publishes Nanomaterials Risk Assessment Framework

On March 5, 2026, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and Health Canada (HC) published...

Canada Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

Indigenous Communities In The North Central To Canada's New Defence Industrial Strategy

Canada's newly released multi-billion-dollar Defence Industrial Strategy (the "Strategy") represents a new effort to rebuild Canada's defence and industrial capacity...

Canada Government

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canadian Federal And Provincial Cleantech Funding Initiatives

Entrepreneurs throughout Canada are working hard to develop, commercialize and implement technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance environmental sustainability, provide solutions to combat climate change, and facilitate our energy transition.

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Fasken

Plan For The Ban: Proposed Amendments Scrapping Export Ban For Single-Use Plastics Published

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: A Review Of 2025 And Beyond

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

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

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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

Canada Environment

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Bergeson & Campbell

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

Canada Environment

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Bennett Jones LLP

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

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

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

Canada Environment

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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

Vefghi Holding Corp. v. Canada: How To Avoid The "Tax Trap" On Timing Of Flow-Through For Dividend Income And Timing Of Receipts For Trusts

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Failure To Swiftly And Properly Investigate Complaint Of Sexual Harassment Costs Employer $65,000

Canada Employment

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Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

How To Master The 24-Month Holding Period Requirement For QSBC Shares And Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption In Canada

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

The Federal Government And Musqueam Nation Sign Historic Agreements Recognizing Aboriginal Land Title | CityNews Interview With Anita Boscariol (Video)

Canada Government

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Watson Goepel LLP

The Court Says Fairness Comes First In CRA Decisions, Godin v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FC 1386

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

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

Greenwashing has dominated corporate and regulatory conversations in recent years. From the introduction of new Competition Act provisions targeting misleading environmental claims to subsequent government efforts...

Canada Environment

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

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

On December 3, 2025, the Alberta Government made amendments to the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation (TIER) through Order in Council 369/2025 (the TIER Amendment).

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

Le 13 novembre 2025, le premier ministre du Canada a annoncé la deuxième série de projets qui seront soumis à l'examen du Bureau des grands projets (le « BGP »).

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Climate Litigation Report 2025

The United Nations Environment Programme recently released its Climate Litigation Report 2025, the fourth in its series following earlier reports in 2017, 2020, and 2023.

Canada Environment

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McLennan Ross LLP

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

Canada Environment

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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

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

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

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

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Implementation Framework For The Right To A Healthy Environment Under CEPA

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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

Canada Environment

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Gowling WLG

Changes Coming To Alberta's TIER System

Canada Environment

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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

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Aird & Berlis LLP

Changes Coming To Alberta's TIER System

On September 16, 2025, the Government of Alberta announced upcoming changes to its Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) Regulation (the "Regulation").

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

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

Le 11 septembre dernier, l'Autorité des marchés financiers (l'« AMF ») et le Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (le « BSIF ») ont publié conjointement un rapport...

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Financial Regulators Assess Climate Resilience Of Canadian Financial Institutions

On September 11, 2025, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), Quebec's financial markets regulator, and the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)...

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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

Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, received royal assent on June 26, 2025. The act enacts two new pieces of legislation: (1) the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act...

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 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.

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Bennett Jones LLP

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

Administrative penalty schemes have quickly become the preferred way for governments to enforce regulatory obligations. This is now particularly true with respect to environmental obligations...

Canada Environment

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Fasken

Canada's Plan Of Priorities Includes Several Nanoscale Materials

On July 23, 2025, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announced the release of the Plan of Priorities, a multi-year plan that outlines upcoming priorities for the assessment of chemical substances.

Canada Healthcare

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

La Cour Internationale De Justice Émet Un Avis Consultatif Sur Les Obligations Des États En Matière De Changement Climatique — Vue D'Ensemble Et Incidences

Le 23 juillet 2025, la Cour internationale de Justice (la « CIJ ») a publié son avis consultatif[1] fort attendu sur les obligations des États en matière de changement climatique en vertu du droit international (l'« Avis consultatif »).

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

The International Court Of Justice Issues Advisory Opinion On The Obligations Of States In Respect Of Climate Change – Overview And Impact

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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

Canada Environment

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Canadian Product Stewardship And EPR: 2025 Summer Update

Canada Environment

GW

Gowling WLG

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

Canada Environment

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Bennett Jones LLP

Une nouvelle série de modifications à 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?

Canada Environment

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Pallett Valo LLP

Canadian Competition Bureau Releases Final Guidance On Environmental Claims

Canada Anti-trust

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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

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

Canada Environment

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Aird & Berlis LLP

New Private Rights Of Action Have Come Into Force

Canada Anti-trust

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Fasken

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

Canada Environment

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Competition Act Private Rights Of Action Take Effect June 20

Canada Environment

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits – A Post-Election Update

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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

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Fasken (French)

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

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

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

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Driving Ontario Municipalities Forward (Video)

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Key Takeaways From Our "Corporate Climate Change" Panel Discussion

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canadian ESG For In-House Counsel (Video)

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Gowling WLG

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