Natural Resources
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February 28, 2025
SCC rules Métis Nation’s pursuit of overlapping lawsuits against Saskatchewan not abuse of process
The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed 9-0 that a legal challenge by the Métis Nation–Saskatchewan to provincial permits that allow a company to explore for uranium on land to which the Métis claim Aboriginal title in Saskatchewan is not an abuse of process and may go ahead, notwithstanding that the Métis have also launched other lawsuits involving similar issues against the province.
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February 28, 2025
New partner for Stockwoods
Dan Goudge has become a partner at Stockwoods.
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February 28, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Pleadings - Striking out pleadings or allegations - Grounds - False, frivolous, vexatious or abuse of process
Appeal by Government of Saskatchewan – Minister of Environment (Saskatchewan) from a judgment of the Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan which set aside an order striking parts of Métis Nation – Saskatchewan and Métis Nation – Saskatchewan Secretariat Inc.’s (collectively, MNS) originating application.
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February 27, 2025
Alberta tables ninth red tape reduction bill for housing, trades and charities
The Alberta government has tabled its ninth red tape reduction bill, the Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 to further reduce certain regulations for individuals and businesses.
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February 26, 2025
Think tank urges repeal of greenwashing amendment over broad legal risks, including ‘greenhushing’
A paper sponsored by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce is calling for the repeal of a greenwashing amendment to the Competition Act, which requires companies making environmental claims to substantiate them using “internationally recognized methodologies” and enables private rights of action against such companies.
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February 26, 2025
Settlement of $55M reached in truck emissions class actions
A $55 million settlement agreement has been reached in class action lawsuits against truck manufacturer Hino. The suit alleged misrepresentation of the emission levels in certain of its trucks and that those levels exceeded regulatory limits.
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February 26, 2025
Nova Scotia tables legislation opening ‘free trade’ with other provinces, territories
With the Trump tariffs looming, Nova Scotia has introduced pioneering legislation that would create “free trade” with participating provinces and territories. On Feb. 25, Nova Scotia’s government introduced the Free Trade and Mobility within Canada Act — a “first of its kind in the country” that “will help foster an environment of mutual recognition of goods, services and labour mobility across all sectors,” states a news release.
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February 26, 2025
SCC halts use of its ‘X’ account ‘for now,’ citing ‘strategic priorities and resource allocation’
In a move that has sparked controversy in Canada and beyond, the Supreme Court of Canada tells Law360 Canada that “for now” it will no longer use its official account on X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, a high-profile billionaire associate of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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February 26, 2025
Women & 2SLGBTQI+ applicants came out ahead as ‘highly recommended’ for federal benches in 2023-2024
Asserting his new administration is “ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity,” U.S. President Donald Trump recently issued controversial executive orders banning diversity, equity and inclusion policies and hiring at the federal level in America. But in Canada, the most recent demographic statistics on federal judicial appointments and the professional competence and character assessments made by the Trudeau government’s non-partisan judicial advisory committees (JACs) indicate that diversity has gone hand in hand with “merit.”
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February 25, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal dismisses broker’s claim for $8M fee for mining investment
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the summary dismissal of a claim for an $8.1 million commission brought by a business broker, finding that it had only shared publicly available information with one of the parties five years prior to the relevant transaction.