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Environmental Assessment Dispute Resolution Regulations Officially Announced in British Columbia

On 9 July 2024, British Columbia announced that new regulations under the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA or Act) came into force to support the dispute resolution process available to Indigenous nations or the chief...more

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 power grid by 2035. In this note, we offer...more

Recent Developments in Aboriginal Law: Cumulative Effects, Equitable Compensation and Duty to Consult

Three important decisions relating to Indigenous peoples across Canada have been issued recently: Yahey v British Columbia, Southwind v Canada and Ermineskin Cree Nation v Canada (Environment and Climate Change). The three...more

The Creation of the Canadian Energy Regulator

This article supplements our multi-part series on changes to Canada’s regulatory regime governing project development and operation in Canada. This post summarizes the proposal to establish the Canadian Energy Regulator...more

Sea Change: The Canadian Navigable Waters Act

This article is Part III of a series that discusses the federal government’s proposed changes to Canada’s environmental regulatory regime governing project development and operation in Canada....more

Reshaping Canada’s Project Assessment Regime—Bill 69’s Ambitious Blueprint

This article is Part II of a series that discusses the federal government’s proposed changes to Canada’s environmental regulatory regime governing project development and operation in Canada....more

Canadian Government's Proposal to Reform Canada's Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Regime

On June 29, 2017, the federal government released a discussion paper entitled "Environmental and Regulatory Reviews" ("Discussion Paper"), which proposes broad changes to the federal environmental assessment and regulatory...more

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