Updates
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February 17, 2017
Joint Submissions on Penalty
In the recent case of R. v. Anthony-Cook, 2016 SCC 43, the Supreme Court of Canada definitively set out the test for courts to apply when they consider whether to…
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January 4, 2017
The Alberta Utilities Commission Rules on its Jurisdiction to Assess Crown Aboriginal Consultation
This comment discusses briefly the legal and policy context of the first Alberta Utilities Commission (“AUC”) Ruling addressing its jurisdiction to consider the adequacy of Crown Aboriginal consultation in the…
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October 17, 2016
The Site C Dam and the Peace Valley Landowners Association
British Columbia Court of Appeal affirms that environmental assessment legislation should not be interpreted narrowly, and that Courts must not allow environmental legislation to be emasculated through unduly narrow interpretation.…
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