Natural Resources
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August 28, 2024
Cabinet blocks cryptocurrency mining projects from access to electricity | Sara Blake
Some regulatory statutes authorize Cabinet or a minister to issue binding directives to the regulator. What is the scope of this authority?
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August 27, 2024
Alberta Court of Appeal grants leave in marshalling case involving $20M promissory note
In what it described as a significant appeal for the "development of the equitable doctrine of marshaling," the Alberta Court of Appeal has granted leave in a bankruptcy case involving a lender's bid to partially recover a $20 million promissory note.
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August 26, 2024
Canada to implement 100% surtax on Chinese EVs to address ‘extraordinary threat’
Canada is bringing measures to implement a 100 per cent surtax on all Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) as Chinese producers “benefit from unfair, non-market policies and practices,” making the Canadian auto sector and workers face “unfair competition.”
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August 26, 2024
Feds release draft of Canada’s Ocean Noise Strategy for public feedback
Canada has released a draft version of Canada’s Ocean Noise Strategy said to help understand and better mitigate ocean noise as it will help protect and further preserve important marine ecosystems.
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August 20, 2024
B.C. film company fined $30K for unlawful drone use to capture killer whale footage
The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has issued a $30,000 fine to B.C. film company River Road Films Ltd. for capturing drone footage of northern resident killer whales (NRKWs) illegally. This is the first time the DFO has issued such a fine.
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August 19, 2024
Alberta Securities Commission Capital Market Report — 2023 key findings and market trends
The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) published its annual Alberta Capital Market report on July 29, 2024. The report offers a comprehensive analysis of the province’s capital market in 2023 and contextualizes its performance in relation to Canada’s other major markets.
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August 14, 2024
Canada ‘disappointed’ in U.S. increase in ‘unfair and unwarranted’ softwood lumber duties
In a lingering, decades-long trade dispute, Canada is again crying foul over an increase in U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber.
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August 13, 2024
Ontario court decides on carriage motion for securities class actions related to mining landslide
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted a carriage motion in a case of competing class actions related to a landslide at a mining site in Turkey.
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August 13, 2024
Scope of judicial oversight of arbitral awards limited
In Clayton v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 ONCA 581, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal of a set-aside application on jurisdictional and public policy grounds, confirming that the grounds on which arbitral awards may be set aside are narrow.
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August 13, 2024
Trade Tribunal to mull renewal of anti-dumping measures for copper tubing
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has announced it is initiating an expiry review of its 2019 orders regarding the dumping of circular copper tube on the Canadian market from Brazil, Greece, China, Korea and Mexico.