Les actions collectives en environnement sont devenues courantes pour réclamer un dédommagement devant les tribunaux en réparation d’un préjudice de nature environnementale. Cette tendance, d’ailleurs, s’accélère, notamment...more
Environmental class actions have become common for addressing environmental damages and seeking compensation through the courts. This trend is growing, particularly with respect to climate change and chemicals in products,...more
On March 6, 2024, the Alberta government proclaimed the Electricity Statutes (Modernizing Alberta’s Electricity Grid) Amendment Act, 2022 (ESAA). The ESAA amends associated statutes and regulations such as the Alberta...more
Le 20 mai 2022, la Cour d’appel de l’Alberta (la « Cour ») a rendu son avis dans le Renvoi relatif à la Loi sur l’évaluation d’impact (2022 ABCA 165) (en anglais seulement). Selon les juges majoritaires de la Cour, la Loi sur...more
On May 10, 2022, the Court of Appeal of Alberta (Court) issued its opinion in Reference re Impact Assessment Act (2022 ABCA 165) whereby the majority of the Court determined that the federal Impact Assessment Act, SC 2019 c....more
On November 17, 2021, the Honourable Dale Nally, Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity, introduced Bill 86, the Electricity Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (ESAA), to the Alberta Legislature. With the ESAA, the...more
Across Canada, companies are facing a host of environmental challenges, including sustainability, regulatory obligations and other issues. In episode 12 of our Continuity podcast, Tony Crossman, Terri-Lee Oleniuk and Grace...more
Le 15 juin 2020, le gouvernement de l’Alberta a adopté le projet de loi intitulé Bill 12, Liabilities Management Statutes Amendment Act 2020 (le « projet de loi 12 »), lequel accroît considérablement les pouvoirs de l’Orphan...more
On June 15, 2020, the Government of Alberta proclaimed Bill 12, Liabilities Management Statutes Amendment Act 2020 (Bill 12). Bill 12 significantly expands the powers of the Orphan Well Association (OWA) and addresses certain...more
In its April 24, 2020, decision, the Alberta Court of Appeal (Court) quashed the Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER) approval of a bitumen recovery project (Project) proposed by Prosper Petroleum Ltd. (Prosper). The Project...more
The federal government’s long-awaited overhaul of key environmental laws (Bill C-69, which implements the new Impact Assessment Act, the Canadian Energy Regulator Act and the Canadian Navigable Waters Act and related...more