Natural Resources
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September 26, 2024
Vote with animal welfare in mind | V. Victoria Shroff, KC
Pollsters confirm what most of us already know: “Animal welfare remains an important topic in Canada.” One need not be an animal law lawyer to agree with this statement. The welfare of animals matters, but it does not exist in a vacuum. Animal welfare is inextricably interrelated with humans and the earth.
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September 25, 2024
Manitoba government extends cancellation of gas tax until end of 2024
The Manitoba government has announced it is extending the moratorium on its 14-cents-per-litre gas tax until the end of the year.
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September 24, 2024
Canada inks halibut fishing deal with France; begins Beaufort Sea boundary talks with U.S. this fall
Canada has cut a deal with France on sharing the fishing quota for the total allowable catch Canada sets for Atlantic halibut, and Ottawa has also created a “joint task force” with the U.S. government to negotiate the disputed Canada-U.S. boundary in the Beaufort Sea.
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September 24, 2024
Words matter: Alberta Court of Appeal overturns pipeline leak coverage decision
In August 2024, the Alberta Court of Appeal in Paramount Resources Ltd. v. Chubb Insurance Co. of Canada, [2024] A.J. No. 987, overturned the summary trial decision that found an insured was entitled to coverage afforded under its pollution liability policy and reversed the $9.74 million award. This is an important decision in contract interpretation as the main dispute of this matter hinged on the meaning of one word in the policy: “detected.”
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September 23, 2024
Feds discuss grocery supply chain, legislative changes in response to food price volatility report
The federal government has released its response to the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food’s 18th report, A Call to Action: How Government and Industry Can Fight Back Against Food Price Volatility, tabled in the House of Commons earlier this year.
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September 20, 2024
Canadian Judicial Council says guidelines coming for federal judges’ use of AI, social media
As part of their two-day fall meeting in Charlottetown this week, the chief and associate-chief justices of the nation’s superior courts discussed their progress in creating guidelines for federal judges’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media, the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) says.
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September 20, 2024
Nova Scotia to adopt national building codes in 2025, boosting accessibility, energy efficiency
Nova Scotia is set to adopt national codes on boosting the accessibility and energy efficiency of buildings starting April 2025, the province said in a release.
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September 20, 2024
Anti-dumping duties to continue on cold rolled steel from China, Korea and Vietnam
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has announced it is continuing a 2018 finding that confirmed the dumping and subsidizing of cold‑rolled steel from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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September 20, 2024
Class action launched as ‘forever chemicals’ found in Quebec’s water supply
Class action firm Slater Vecchio LLP has initiated what it calls a “groundbreaking” class action lawsuit that seeks compensation for past and future costs related to removing “forever chemicals” from Quebec’s water supply.
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September 19, 2024
Treasury Board president Anita Anand gets second Cabinet post as transport minister
Liberal MP Anita Anand, the president of the federal Treasury Board and former defence minister in the Liberal government, has taken on the additional post of minister of transportation.