Friday, April 18, 2025
CEC Receives First Submission Under Chapter 24
The Mexican Center for Environmental Law and the Center for Biological Diversity have filed the first submission under Chapter 24 of the new United States-Mexico-Canada…
Environmental Law
Advisory Council on Impact Assessment Established
Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has established the Minister’s Advisory Council on Impact Assessment. “Our Government implemented the new Impact Assessment Act to…
New Strengthened Climate Plan for Canada: $15B for Resilient Recovery
The government of Canada has released a strengthened climate plan – “A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy” – to help achieve federal economic and…
Digging into the New Regulations for Ontario at the Excess Soils Symposium
The 2020 edition of the Excess Soils Symposium on December 8 was a successful event that brought together 280 participants from across Ontario to engage…
Amendments to the Federal Sustainable Development Act Now in Force
Amendments to strengthen transparency have come into force through the Federal Sustainable Development Act. “Canadians want cleaner air, healthier communities, and a strong economy for…
Greenbelt Council Controversy in Ontario Over Recovery Bill
The Ontario government is continuing to pursue plans to push forward controversial legislation while it announced funding for wetlands today, despite seven members of Ontario’s…
New National Legislation for Net-Zero Emissions by 2050
With the aim to deliver on the federal government’s commitment to legislate Canada’s goal of net zero by 2050, the Minister of Environment and Climate…
New National Air Regulations to Reduce Petrochemical Pollution
The Government of Canada has finalized national regulations that will reduce pollution from petroleum and petrochemical facilities across the country, including in Sarnia, Mississauga, Montréal,…
Contemplating Environmental Cooperation with CEC’s Nathalie Daoust
The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), established by Canada, Mexico and the United States through the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation, brings together a…
Quebec Mining Company Fined for Environmental Violations
Breakwater Resources Limited, which operates the Langlois Mine, has pleaded guilty in the Val–d’Or, Quebec courthouse to one count of violating the Fisheries Act. The company…
Ontario Developing More Effective Blue Box Program
The Province of Ontario is kicking off Waste Reduction Week by unveiling regulations to improve the blue box program. The enhancements include expanding the items…
Call for New Building Code to Meet Net-Zero Commitments
The federal-provincial Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth Climate Change (PCF) calls for all new buildings to be Net-Zero Energy Ready (NZEr) by 2030. However,…
New Canadian Collaboration for Climate Action and Economic Recovery
The Foundation for Environmental Stewardship (FES) and Climate Action Network – Réseau action climat Canada (CAN-Rac) have announced a new five-year collaboration. The organizations will…
Government of Canada seeks input on integrated plastic waste plan
Today, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson announced the next steps in the Government of Canada’s plan to achieve zero plastic waste by…
Ban on single-use products proposed in Yukon
The Government of Yukon is proposing amendments to its Environment Act to strengthen the territory’s waste reduction efforts by allowing for the banning certain types of…
Ontario government seeking input on organic waste system
The Ontario government is seeking public input on its proposal to reduce the amount of food and organic waste going to landfills. Proposed amendments to…
Ontario Environment Minister: Cleantech Companies Helping Address Most Pressing Concerns
On September 24, 2020, Jeff Yurek, Ontario’s Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, addressed the first virtual Environment and Cleantech Business + Policy Forum presented…
Saskatchewan Carbon Tax Case Goes to Supreme Court
The Government of Saskatchewan is arguing its carbon tax reference case before the Supreme Court on September 22 and September 23, 2020. The province is…
New Regulations to Advance Saskatchewan’s Climate Strategy
The Government of Saskatchewan is implementing key commitments made in the province’s climate change strategy, Prairie Resilience, to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and…
CEC Releases Report on Environmental Enforcement in Alberta Oil Sands
The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has released a report about the oil sands tailings ponds in Alberta, after the CEC Council…
Montreal Holding Company Fined for Environmental Violations
On September 1, holding company 4422236 Canada Inc. was fined $260,000 after pleading guilty to two counts of violating the PCB Regulations and the Canadian…
Legal Action Launched Against Ontario’s Bill 197
A legal challenge has been launched against Ontario’s controversial Bill 197 by parties who have jointly filed an application for judicial review. The action requests…
Quebec mining company fined for disposal at sea offences
On August 19, 2020, Seleine Mines, a division of K+S Windsor Salt Ltd., was fined a total of $400,000 after pleading guilty to four counts of violating subsection 125(1) of…
Environmental Assessment Seeks Public Comment on Bay du Nord Project
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada is conducting a federal environmental assessment for the proposed Bay du Nord Development Project, which is located approximately 450…