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| Co-authored by Katherine Ruta, Summer Student.
Renewable energy projects may face greater headwinds in the future as pressure mounts to remove important exemptions. Opposition House Leader Jim [read more]Wednesday, 19 June 2013 | David Crocker |
| Further to our post last week on the proclamation of the Responsible Energy Development Act effective June 17, a number of additional steps have now been taken to prepare the regulator for launch [read more]Monday, 17 June 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
For any procurement involving the federal government, bidders have the opportunity to challenge the government decision through the Canadian International [read more]Monday, 17 June 2013 | Elizabeth Mayer |
| Usually litigants will rely on their legal counsel to ensure that deadlines are met, however a recent Alberta Court of Appeal decision (Dagher v Stone, 2013 ABCA 119) opens the door for the possibility [read more]Monday, 10 June 2013 | Justin R. Seitz |
| Co-authored by Katherine Ruta, Student.
Environment Minister Jim Bradley introduced a new Waste Reduction Act (the "Act") on June 6, 2013 as part of a new Waste Reduction Strategy. If [read more]Thursday, 6 June 2013 | David Crocker |
| The majority of the Responsible Energy Development Act has now been proclaimed and will come into force, effective on June 17th.
Certain sections of the Act have not been proclaimed [read more]Thursday, 6 June 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| In Hogarth v Rocky Mountain Slate Inc., 2013 ABCA 57 the Court of Appeal re-affirmed the test for directors’ liability in the context of tortious action by a director in a limited liability [read more]Wednesday, 5 June 2013 | Stephen Mulrain |
| The National Energy Board is set to provide facilitated discussion on emerging issues in oil and gas safety management at Safety Forum, 2013 in Calgary this week. Three emerging issues were id [read more] |
| The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has initiated the 20-day public review process required under the Canadian Evironmental Assessment Act, 2012 ("CEAA, 2012") [read more] |
| It appears that the rumours of the death of the Large FIT Project were not exaggerated.
Since re-launching version 2.0 of the Feed-in Tariff program, the Ontario Power Authority has focused exclusively [read more]Friday, 31 May 2013 | Andrew Lord |
| This case asked the Court to consider the unusual situation of a party to a potentially valid polygamous marriage (performed in Pakistan) asking for a divorce from her husband. Initially, the Court [read more]Wednesday, 29 May 2013 | Stephen Mulrain |
| Further progress has been made with respect to the establishment of a new venture capital fund, initially discussed in the April 9, 2013 post entitled Boosting Canada’s Knowledge Economy: Will [read more]Tuesday, 28 May 2013 | Ted Maduri, Rosalind Pyper |
| The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench released a concerning decision on May 16th in Telecommunications Workers Union v Telus Communications Inc., 2013 ABQB 298, in which the applicant Union [read more]Monday, 27 May 2013 | Laura Easton |
| Written by Sean Tyler, Summer Student in the Davis LLP Toronto Office.
The City of Toronto enacted a new amalgamated city-wide zoning by-law on May 9, 2013. The new by-law is an attempt to consolidate [read more]Monday, 27 May 2013 |
| On May 9, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its decision in Behn v Moulton Contracting Ltd., 2013 SCC 26. Moulton brought an action against several members of the Aboriginal Fort Nelson First [read more]Friday, 24 May 2013 | Laura Easton |
| Cojocaru (Guardian Ad Litem) v. British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Center
In a decision that preserves the status quo, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld (in part) the trial judge's [read more]Friday, 24 May 2013 | Malinda Yuen |
| Following the Alberta Court of Appeal’s decision in Joarcam, LLC v Plains Midstream Canada ULC, 2013 ABCA 118 (“Joarcam”), plaintiffs should think twice before characterizing their [read more]Thursday, 23 May 2013 | Roisin Hutchinson |
| Goldman Sachs announced today that it plans to invest as much as $490 million (50 billion yen) in renewable energy projects in Japan over the next five years. That's a lot! Bloomberg [read more]Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | Jennifer Cleall |
| So far this blog has been largely focussed on a contractual analysis of the procurement process - the Contract A/Contract B analysis and the degree to which terms can be implied into Contract A.
Metercor [read more]Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | Elizabeth Mayer |
| Canada's Environment Minister, Peter Kent, told the Financial Post in an interview from London that "[t]he ability of the oil and gas sector to absorb tough government controls on their greenhouse [read more]Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | Jennifer Cleall |
| The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently rendered a decision in Penner v. Niagara (Regional Police Services Board), 2013 SCC 19, regarding the application of issue estoppel. At issue was whether [read more]Friday, 10 May 2013 | Justin R. Seitz |
| ...but they won't receive the bulk of their funding until they hit performance targets, Alberta's Energy Minister, Ken Hughes, said the other day. There is $2.1 billion in grant money [read more]Friday, 10 May 2013 | Jennifer Cleall |
| The Government of Alberta introduced Bill 22 - the Aboriginal Consultation Levy Fund in the legislature today. A copy of the Bill can be found here.
The purposes of the Bill are to enhance [read more] |
| Crowdfunding is “a method of funding a project or venture through small amounts of money raised from a large number of people [the crowd] over the internet via an internet portal intermediary [read more]Tuesday, 7 May 2013 | Ted Maduri |
| In a turn of events that sheds some light on the slow process of modern justice, Judge Weisman of the Ontario Court of Justice revisited the question of whether a criminal complainant, known only [read more]Friday, 3 May 2013 | Stephen Mulrain |
| Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada heard oral argument with respect to the Ontario Court of Appeal decision, Fischer v IG Investment Management Ltd., 2012 ONCA 47, [Fischer].
In Fischer, [read more]Monday, 29 April 2013 | Roisin Hutchinson |
| I was recently drawn back to the discussion of the phenomenon identified by Associate Chief Justice Rooke of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench as “Organized Pseudo-legal Commercial [read more]Tuesday, 9 April 2013 | Stephen Mulrain |
| Canada’s venture capital industry has suffered from insufficient funding over the past number of years. This lack of funding poses a significant problem if we want to keep entrepreneurs who [read more]Tuesday, 9 April 2013 | Ted Maduri |
| Repeated verbal or psychological harassment of an employee by his coworkers resulting in injury is properly brought as a workers’ compensation claim, and therefore should not be brought as a [read more]Monday, 25 March 2013 | Laura Easton |
| On Wednesday March 21, Davis LLP sponsored a table at the Environmental Defence Gala at the Eglinton Grand in Toronto. The keynote speaker was Erin Brockovich. We hosted a number of clients who are [read more] |
| The Honourable Madam Justice Ellen Picard, Madam Justice Marina Paperny, and Mr. Justice Peter Martin of the Alberta Court of Appeal (“ABCA”) recently handed down the decision in Canadian [read more]Friday, 22 March 2013 | Justin R. Seitz |
| In part 1, part 2 and part 3 of this procurement law basics series, we looked at the conceptual basis for procurement law in Canada – the contract A-contract B analysis and some of the terms [read more]Thursday, 21 March 2013 | Elizabeth Mayer |
| The BC Environmental Assessment Office (BC EAO) and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) announced today that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (the "MOU" [read more] |
| On March 7, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a unanimous decision with respect to the law of nuisance and the balancing of competing interests.
Antrim Truck Centre Ltd. (“Antrim”) [read more]Monday, 18 March 2013 | Laura Easton |
| A recent Alberta Court of Queen's Bench decision has confirmed that a Crown oil and gas lease may be considered intangible personal property to which the Personal Property Security Act [read more]Wednesday, 13 March 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| In a result that would have Louis Riel smiling in his grave, the Supreme Court of Canada has issued a decision in favour of the Métis people in Manitoba Métis Federation Inc. v. Canada [read more]Wednesday, 13 March 2013 | Malinda Yuen |
| The ERCB announced on March 12 that it was revising Directive 6 and Directive 11 (the Licensee Liability Rating program) to increase the amount of security required to be posted by operators of oil [read more]Wednesday, 13 March 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| Justice Morawetz of the Ontario Superior Court (also a celebrity among lawyers for being the Morawetz in the trio of Houlden, Morawetz, & Sarra, authors of the Annotated Bankruptcy and Insolvency [read more]Tuesday, 12 March 2013 | Brandon Barnes |
| Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v. Whatcott, 2013 SCC 11
On February 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its decision in Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v. Whatcott. M [read more]Monday, 11 March 2013 | Stephen Mulrain |
| At first glance, the result of the decision in Ross River Dena Council v Government of Yukon 2012 YKCA 14 [“Ross River”], this past December 2012, it is no longer possible for individuals [read more]Friday, 8 March 2013 | Roisin Hutchinson |
| Almost every video game publisher, developer and service provider in Canada will be affected by Canada’s new anti-spam legislation and should have a plan for complying with it.
Ignoring [read more] |
| Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent, speaking before a House of Commons Committee this week, stated that he now expects that emissions regulations for the oil and gas industry will be coming out [read more]Wednesday, 6 March 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| We have recently covered municipal ultra vires cases related to shark fin soup and puppies. In this case, an Alberta ban on some sales of drug paraphernalia was found to be outside the municipalities&# [read more]Tuesday, 5 March 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Federal Department this week announced new fuel economy standards for heavy on-road vehicles.
The Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Engine Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations will be phased in [read more]Thursday, 28 February 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Sun Indalex Finance, LLC v United Steelworkers, 2013 SCC 6, has a number of implications for employers, pension plan administrators, as well as both [read more]Wednesday, 27 February 2013 | Roisin Hutchinson |
| The Province of Alberta is seeking the input of the public in putting together the regulations which will govern the new Alberta Energy Regulator.
Three-hour facilitated sessions are being [read more]Friday, 22 February 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| One of the key elements in most tender and RFP processes, is a requirement for tenders or proposals to be submitted by a certain time. In many [read more]Wednesday, 20 February 2013 | Elizabeth Mayer |
| The Federal Court recently held that an employee’s parental childcare obligations are included in the term “family status” under the Canadian Human Rights Act. Discrimination on [read more]Wednesday, 13 February 2013 | Matthew J.G. Curtis |
| The Ontario Court of Appeal this week clarified and narrowed the definition of "workplace" under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. At the same time, the reasons in the case may [read more]Friday, 8 February 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
| The National Energy Board, in a decision released on January 30, rejected NovaGas's proposed toll design for a proposed pipeline in the Komie North area of the Horn River play in northeastern [read more]Monday, 4 February 2013 | Michael Styczen, P.Eng |
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