Natural Resources
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June 26, 2024
Importance of social media governance in age of AI | Connie L. Braun and Juliana Saxberg
We are in an era where tweets and other social media messaging very quickly shape public opinion. Hashtags spark movements, campaigns and protests.
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June 25, 2024
Ontario regulator urges home insurers to improve claims processes amid rise in extreme weather
A new report from Ontario’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) is urging Canadian home insurers to improve their claims processes to better support policyholders — especially as global warming increases the likelihood of extreme weather events.
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June 25, 2024
Alberta Court of Appeal again rejects injunction on $117M letter of credit in pipeline contract
The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal concerning a dispute over a $117 million irrevocable letter of credit connected to a pipeline contract, finding that it could not stay its own previous decision allowing the letter to be called.
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June 25, 2024
Ongoing compliance under ‘modern slavery act,’ implications for junior issuers
Canada’s new modern slavery act, Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the Act), came into force on Jan. 1, 2024, and it was enacted to combat forced labour and child labour by requiring certain government institutions and private entities to disclose their efforts to address these issues within their operations and supply chains. While the initial reporting deadline under the Act has passed as of May 31, 2024, businesses must stay attentive to the evolving nature of the Act and stay proactive in meeting ongoing compliance requirements.
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June 24, 2024
Feds to launch consultation to consider surtax to counter unfair competition from China in EVs
The federal government has announced a 30-day policy consultation to consider introducing a surtax in response to unfair competition from China in the electric vehicle (EV) industry.
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June 24, 2024
British Columbia first province to launch class action targeting makers of ‘forever chemicals’
The government of British Columbia has launched what it is hailing as the first class action lawsuit by a Canadian province against manufacturers of so-called forever chemicals, alleging they knew the products would contaminate the environment indefinitely and jeopardize human health.
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June 24, 2024
Liberal government’s ‘intransigence’ and undue secrecy spurs litigation: information commissioner
A recent ruling from the Federal Court affirming a disclosure-of-government records order by Canada’s Information Commissioner illustrates the growth in litigation highlighted by the commissioner's 2023-24 annual report to Parliament, a litigation trend she says is fuelled by the Trudeau government’s court challenges and flouting of her legally binding orders.
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June 24, 2024
Earthco Soil Mixtures Inc. v. Pine Valley Enterprises Inc.: Interpreting exclusion clauses, part two
Last article, we provided the background regarding Earthco, a case regarding express agreements Earthco Soil Mixtures Inc. v. Pine Valley Enterprises Inc., [2024] S.C.J. No. 20. In today’s article, we discuss the litigation history and Supreme Court of Canada Decision.
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June 21, 2024
Public school boards are bound by Charter; tribunals’ Charter rulings reviewed for correctness: SCC
In an important Charter and standard of review case, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that labour arbitrators and other administrative tribunals “should play a primary role” in deciding Charter issues within their bailiwicks — which Charter determinations courts should review on a “correctness” rather than “reasonableness” standard — and that the Charter applies to Ontario public school boards, thereby protecting board employees’ reasonable expectations of privacy in their workplaces and shielding employees from unreasonable search or seizure by their employers.
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June 21, 2024
Court of Appeal rules $730K business debt for pipeline cleanup not covered by B.C. environmental law
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal in a ruling that found that the lower court judge erred in determining that a creditor’s recovery claim for environmental remediation work related to a pipeline spill involved issues to be tried, rather finding that there was no cause of action.