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Canada And Alberta Sign Draft Cooperation Agreement On Impact Assessment After Historic MOU

Canada and Alberta have made public a draft agreement on a new environmental assessment process, with Alberta recognized as best placed to lead assessments for projects within its jurisdiction.

Canada Government

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Major Projects On The Horizon In Alberta

On March 23, 2026, the Government of Alberta announced plans to enact legislation that will set a 120-day approval timeline for major projects. The approval timeline will be achieved through...

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Bennett Jones LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2026-06

Osler's Legislative Update is a bi-weekly listing of new legislation. This issue covers legislation for the period 03/05 to 03/18.

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

The Benefits Of Adopting The New European Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard For Canadian SMEs

Since Donald Trump took office, the global political landscape has undergone a major transformation. U.S.-imposed tariffs and uncertainty surrounding the renegotiation...

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Le vin est-il une matière dangereuse au Québec? Ce que change le Projet de règlement modifiant le Règlement sur les matières dangereuses

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Wine: A Hazardous Material In Quebec? Proposed Changes In The Regulation To Amend The Regulation Respecting Hazardous Materials

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

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

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Top 5 Things To Know About PDAC 2026 And Canada's Critical Minerals Strategy

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Wildeboer Dellelce LLP

Exploration Agreements In Manitoba: Tips And Pitfalls

Canada Environment

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Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

Full Steam Ahead: Managing Environmental Risk In Canada's Emerging Data Centre Market

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Packaging Regulation Accelerates: What Businesses In The Food, Beverage And Agribusiness Sector Need To Know

Canada Healthcare

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

BC Court Of Appeal Upholds Personal Liability For Director Of Mining Company For Regulatory Offences

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Fasken

Les administrateurs et les dirigeants peuvent être tenus responsables d'infractions environnementales commises à leur insu

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Digging Into Change: Ontario Proposes Updates To Archaeological Assessment Standards

Canada Real Estate

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Davies Howe

Understanding CRA Form T106 And How It Compares To U.S. Reporting Requirements

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Canadian Immigration Tips: Expanding Your Business In Canada With Alexandra Cole And Peter Salerno (Video)

Canada Immigration

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Green and Spiegel

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

When A Donation Is Not Really A Gift: The Court's Rejects On Tax-Driven Charity Arrangements, Gifts Must Be Genuine; Walby v. Canada (2025 FCA 94)

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Alberta And Canada Publish Draft Co‑operation Agreement On Environmental And Impact Assessment

On March 6, 2026, the Government of Canada and the Government of Alberta (the "Parties") released a draft of the Co‑operation Agreement on Environmental and Impact Assessment...

Canada Environment

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

Canada Enacts New Prohibitions Of Certain PFAS And Other Chemicals Under Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

The Federal Government published the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2025 (the "2025 Regulations") under the Canadian Environmental Protections Act, 1999 ("CEPA") on December 31, 2025.

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Court Of Appeal Confirms Director And Officer Liability For Environmental Offences Does Not Require Knowledge Of The Offence

On February 26, 2026, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released its unanimous decision in R. v. Mossman, confirming that corporate directors and officers can be held personally liable for environmental offences...

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 2 – 6, 2026)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario from March 2, 2026 to March 6, 2026.

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Canada Publishes Nanomaterials Risk Assessment Framework

Canada Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Northern Ontario's Ring Of Fire: Key Infrastructure Milestones From 2025

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2026-05 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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

Canada Government

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Officer And Director Liability For Environmental Offences Confirmed On Appeal: R. v. Mossman, 2026 BCCA 75

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Willow Lake Métis Nation Welcomes Bison Back Home To Traditional Lands In Historic Milestone

Canada Government

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MLT Aikins LLP

Federal Court Clarifies Applicability And Mechanisms For Repeal Of First Nations' Financial Administration Laws

Canada Environment

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canadian Federal And Provincial Cleantech Funding Initiatives

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Fasken

2026 ESG Disclosure Study

Canada Commercial

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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

Federal Court Clarifies Applicability And Mechanisms For Repeal Of First Nations' Financial Administration Laws

On January 12, 2026, the Federal Court delivered its decision in Louie v Lower Kootenay First Nation, 2026 FC 39, addressing the enforceability of two financial administration laws voluntarily adopted...

Canada Environment

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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

2026 ESG Disclosure Study

Bring sharper focus to your ESG strategy in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Canada Commercial

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Fasken

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

On October 20, 2025, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada ("ECCC") announced on X that the Federal Government will no longer be pursuing the single-use plastics export ban under the Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations.

Canada Environment

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McMillan LLP

Le gouvernement du Canada met à jour le Règlement sur certaines substances toxiques interdites

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Power Perspectives 2026

In 2025, the clean energy policies of British Columbia ("BC") matured as measurable progress was achieved across the provincial power sector.

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Tendances dans l'application des lois environnementales : peines plus élevées et poursuites judiciaires liées aux SPFA

Tant au Canada qu'à l'échelle internationale, une plus grande attention est accordée à la réglementation des substances perfluoroalkyliques et polyfluoroalkyliques...

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Environmental Enforcement Trends: Higher Penalties And Prosecutorial Focus On PFAS

Both in Canada and internationally, there has been increased regulatory focus on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) due to their persistence in the environment and concerns regarding their health and ecological...

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Engineering The Path To Complete Applications: A Guide To The New Amending Regulations

Canada Real Estate

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Davies Howe

La Cour d'appel fédérale confirme le décret désignant les articles manufacturés en plastique comme substances toxiques

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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

Canada Environment

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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

Canada Environment

BC

Bergeson & Campbell

Legislative Update Report No. 2026-03 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Canada Government

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Plastics Ban Survives (For Now): FCA Clarifies Cabinet's Role In The Regulation Of Toxic Substances

Canada Environment

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Federal Court Of Appeal Upholds Order Designating Plastics As Toxic Substances

Canada Environment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

What's Hot In Public Law In 2026

Canada Government

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Torys LLP

Federal Government Publishes Prohibition Of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2025

Canada Environment

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Bennett Jones LLP

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

Canada's Latest Plastics Decision And What It Means For Your ESG Strategy

Canada Environment

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Miller Thomson LLP

Municipal By-Laws, Naturalized Lawns, And Charter-Protected Expression

Canada Environment

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Lerners LLP

Reflecting Connection In The Legal Profession

Canada Environment

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Lerners LLP

Recent Saskatchewan Court Of King's Bench Decision Reaffirms The Broad Application Of The One-year Limitation Period For Suing Municipalities In Saskatchewan

Canada Litigation

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CLC (Canadian Litigation Counsel)

Legislative Update Report No. 2026-02 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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Gowling WLG

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Key Takeaways From Our "Corporate Climate Change" Panel Discussion

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

ESG Expectations Of Institutional Investors (Video)

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

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