The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its decision in Behn v. Moulton Contracting Ltd., affirming that Aboriginal groups seeking to challenge the validity of permits or authorizations granted to resource developers must follow the legislatively mandated process to do so.
16 mai 2013
The Ontario Securities Commission’s Consultation Paper Considerations for New Capital Raising Prospectus Exemptions sought input from stakeholders on proposed amendments to the current legislation on prospectus exemptions.
15 mai 2013
In Kawartha Lakes (City) v. Ontario (Environment), the Ontario Court of Appeal has confirmed that there are occasions when an innocent property owner adjacent to a source of contamination may be ordered to clean up pollution that is migrating from the source property if a provincial officer reasonably believes that the measures are necessary to prevent the contamination from further migrating into the natural environment.
13 mai 2013
The Aboriginal Consultation Levy Act has been introduced into the Legislature in an effort to provide Aboriginal groups in Alberta with the capacity and funding necessary to meaningfully engage in the consultation process.
9 mai 2013
Après un processus de consultation qui s’est caractérisé par des critiques soutenues et une absence de consensus, le gouvernement du Québec a réduit les attentes dans les semaines précédant son annonce du 6 mai 2013, en laissant entendre que le nouveau régime serait le résultat d’un « compromis » entre les différents intervenants du secteur minier ayant des intérêts concurrents. Finalement, le nouveau régimemet effectivement en œuvre des redevances nettement plus élevées que le régime actuel, mais nettement moins que ce qui était prévu au départ.
9 mai 2013
On April 23, 2013, the Federal Court of Canada released its decision dismissing an application commenced by the Conseil des Innus de Ekuanitshit to judicially review the Order in Council that released Nalcor Energy’s Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Generation Project from a federal environmental assessment.
7 mai 2013
On April 22, 2013, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed, in a pre-trial summary judgment motion, two claims against the Fairview Wind Project, which is neither under construction nor has yet received a Renewable Energy Approval.
6 mai 2013
The Ontario Court of Appeal, in reversing a controversial decision that re-opened the opt-out period in a certified class action, has confirmed that class members have “an unassailable right to speak out in opposition to the class proceeding in an attempt to convince other class members to opt out” of the class action, as long as the individual decisions to opt out are not coerced and remain voluntary and informed.
6 mai 2013
Le 29 avril 2013, le gouvernement fédéral a présenté son projet de loi d’exécution du budget 2013, le projet de loi C-60, qui donnerait également suite aux annonces faites par le gouvernement fédéral le 7 décembre 2012 au sujet des investissements par des entreprises d’État étrangères « entreprises d’État ».
2 mai 2013
A group of securities dealers has successfully obtained relief from most of the requirements that typically drive the need for a Canadian private placement supplement, or wrapper, for selling securities of non-Canadian issuers into Canada.
30 avril 2013