Shawn Denstedt Q.C., Partner, Litigation

Notable Matters

• Shell Canada Limited with their Muskeg River Mine and Expansions, Jackpine Mine and Expansions, and Pierre River Mine with regard to obtaining all regulatory and environmental approvals (ERCB, AENV, DFO and Joint Review Panel) and advising on Aboriginal issues for its oil sands mines and extraction plants in Northern Alberta.
• De Beers Canada Inc. with their Gahcho Kué Diamond Mine Project in the Northwest Territories with regard to obtaining all regulatory and environmental approvals before the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, as well as advising on Aboriginal issues.
• Kinder Morgan Canada Inc. with regard to an intervention before a Joint Review Panel in relation to the application for approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway project and with regard to its proposed expansion of the TransMountain pipeline system, which transports product to the west coast of Canada.
• Chevron Canada Limited  with their submissions and participation in the National Energy Board’s Arctic Offshore Drilling Review to determine future filing requirements to drill in the Canadian Arctic offshore.
• Vale with advice with respect to Aboriginal rights on lands impacted by Vale operations.
• Shell Canada Limited in their Scotford Upgrader and Upgrader Expansion Project with regard to obtaining all regulatory and environmental approvals for its bitumen Upgrader at Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
• ConocoPhillips Canada in their Parsons Lake natural gas field and gathering system before a Joint Review Panel and NEB in the Mackenzie Delta with regard to obtaining all regulatory and environmental approvals.
• McCain Foods (Canada) Limited with obtaining its environmental and regulatory approvals for their agrifood plant in Alberta.
• EnCana Corporation in their Suffield NWA shallow gas project in Medicine Hat, Alberta with regard to obtaining all regulatory and environmental approvals before a Joint Review Panel, ERCB, and Environment Canada.
• Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. in their proposed Dunvegan Hydro Electric Project before a Joint Review Panel, AUC, NRCB and CEAA (DFO) with regard to obtaining all regulatory and environmental approvals.
• Devon Canada Corporation in their Jackfish SAGD Project with regard to obtaining all regulatory and environmental approvals to develop a commercial scale Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage bitumen production project in the Jackfish area.
• Nalcor Energy in their Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Project in Labrador before a Joint Federal-Provincial Environmental Assessment Review Panel with regard to obtaining all regulatory and environmental approvals and advising on Aboriginal matters.
• TransCanada Pipeline with regard to obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity before the National Energy Board for their Groundbirch, Horn River and Northwest Mainline Projects.