Tagged: environmental law

Constitutional Law / Division of Powers / Environmental Law / Politics & the SCC

by Julia Schabas · Mar 28 , 2021

A Matter of National Concern: SCC Rules Parliament’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act is Constitutional

“Climate change is real. It is caused by greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activities, and it poses a grave threat to humanity’s future” (Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing...

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Corporate Law / Environmental Law / Regulatory & Provincial Offences

by Lisa Buckley · Jan 21 , 2020

Resolute v Ontario: Corporations no longer indemnified from provincial order to remediate mercury contamination

In the context of environmental land and water contamination, tribunals and courts have the difficult role of ensuring the appropriate parties are held liable for remediation without completely discouraging brownfield...

Tags: Corporations environmental law indemnity