Natural Resources
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September 10, 2024
Federal lawyers’ union contends Ottawa’s return-to-office order is ‘arbitrary, counterproductive’
Arguing that the federal government’s return-to-office directive to public servants is “costly, inefficient, arbitrary, and counterproductive,” the union for more than 3,500 federal lawyers has challenged the federal Treasury Board direction that lawyers and most other federal workers must be physically present in their workplaces at least three days a week.
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September 10, 2024
Disclosure, arbitrator bias in international commercial arbitrations: Spotlight on Canada
The previous article in this four-part series discussed the importance of the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration.
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September 09, 2024
Canada launches legal fight against increased U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber
Ottawa is launching two legal challenges under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) in a bid to overturn a recent decision by the U.S. to increase anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber.
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September 09, 2024
B.C. Court of Appeal rules sublessee's defiance of wildfire evacuation order did not breach sublease
The B.C. Court of Appeal has held that a sublessee’s refusal to immediately evacuate in compliance with a mandatory wildfire evacuation order did not constitute a fundamental breach of the lease.
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September 06, 2024
Disclosure, arbitrator bias in international commercial arbitrations: The IBA Guidelines
The previous English case mentioned in Part one of the series and others around the world, including cases in our Canadian courts, relied on the reasoning of the UK Supreme Court’s decision in Halliburton Company v. Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd., [2020] UKSC 48 when it comes to the test for apprehension of bias, particularly in arbitrations.
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September 04, 2024
IBC: Jasper wildfire, severe weather events causing most challenging summer on record for insurers
The Jasper wildfire, Calgary hailstorm and flooding in regions of Southern Ontario and Quebec have already resulted in 228,000 home, auto and business insurance claims, around 68 per cent more than all insurance claims in all of 2023, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC).
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September 04, 2024
New measures to control Temporary Foreign Worker Program insufficient
The recent announcement regarding the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) is a small step towards addressing a pressing problem.
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August 30, 2024
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds $16M penalty against CN Rail for starting 2015 wildfire
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld previous decisions ordering the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) to pay British Columbia $16 million for the province’s efforts in putting out a wildfire that the company started.
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August 29, 2024
B.C. auditor general finds no conflict of interest in administration of ZEV grant program
Accounting and consulting firm MNP did not favour its own clients or attempt to find new ones through its administration of British Columbia’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) grant program, the province’s auditor general has concluded.
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August 28, 2024
Ontario announces major electricity procurement, promises protections for farmland, municipalities
New electric power projects in Ontario will require agricultural impact assessments and approval from municipal councils as part of an electricity procurement program aimed at adding 5,000 megawatts to Ontario’s grid.