Natural Resources
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July 24, 2024
CN Rail fined $8M for two 2015 derailments that caused oil spills
The Ontario Court of Justice has ordered the Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail) to pay $8 million in relation to two 2015 derailments that caused millions of litres of crude oil to spill.
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July 24, 2024
Duty of tech competence, AI adoption by lawyers | Connie L. Braun and Juliana Saxberg
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has dominated legal tech conversations for several years, and for good reason. Widespread consumer adoption of ChatGPT and other generative AI products has delivered a host of unprecedented legal and tech risks to Canadian entities. Governments and regulators in Canada and abroad continue to scramble to regulate the responsible use of AI tools, even though their use is already thoroughly embedded in Canadian and global business, government and legal system operations. As a result, the typical Canadian entity’s AI compliance dossier is an unfinished patchwork of aspirational codes and aging regulatory instruments that were designed when Y2K was considered a big enterprise tech risk.
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July 24, 2024
Draft treaty said to mark ‘significant step’ towards self-governance for B.C.-based First Nation
A British Columbia-based First Nation has entered into an agreement with the federal and provincial governments on a draft treaty that it says marks a significant step towards self-governance.
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July 24, 2024
New managing partner for Aird & Berlis
Jill P. Fraser, a senior partner in Aird & Berlis’s financial services group and a long-standing member of the executive committee, the firm’s new managing partner.
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July 22, 2024
Ottawa rolls out ‘special measures’ for people affected by 2024 wildfires in Canada
Canadians and permanent residents “directly affected” by wildfires in 2024 will be able to get free replacement federal documents — including permanent resident cards, Canadian citizenship certificates, Canadian passports and other travel documents — that are lost, damaged, destroyed or inaccessible due to wildfires, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced.
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July 22, 2024
Competition watchdog gives guidance, seeks input on policing deceptive ‘greenwashing’ by business
The federal Competition Bureau is asking for input from lawyers, their clients and the public to inform the bureau's “future enforcement guidance” regarding misleading and unsubstantiated environmental claims by businesses about products or activities, including future enforcement guidance with respect to last month’s amendments to the Competition Act that explicitly address “greenwashing.”
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July 19, 2024
Nova Scotia seeks public input on designating 16 sites as legally protected areas
Nova Scotia is seeking public comment on a proposal to designate 16 sites as new or expanded wilderness areas and nature reserves as part of efforts to legislatively protect 20 per cent of the province’s land, water and wetlands by 2030.
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July 19, 2024
Toronto flash floods: What businesses need to take away
The rainstorm that affected many across the city this week was a big wake-up call for businesses. Whether it was the power outages or ensuring your staff got home safely if they were required to leave the office, employers felt the impact.
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July 19, 2024
Dentons Montreal expands with new partner
Global law firm Dentons recently announced the addition of Alexandre-Philippe Avard as a partner in the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution group.
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July 18, 2024
Nature and creativity | Brian W. Baetz and John F. Evans
Nature is the enduring elegance in the background of our lives, giving much but asking very little from us, only respect. Nature has always inspired creativity. We will highlight just two examples of a number of creative manifestations that have been inspired by local nature in the Hamilton area.