A reader asks about Renewable Fuels
A reader asks: are the federal Renewable Fuels Regulations in force?Β
Continue reading the post titled A reader asks about Renewable FuelsLimitation periods β Often overlooked, yet potentially fatal to your legal rights
It is inevitable that at some point a business will experience a harmful event that causes it to suffer a financial loss. Examples include a third party breaking a contract or a warehouse fire due to faulty electrical wiring. Therefore, businesses need to be aware of the time limits that restrict their right to start...
Continue reading the post titled Limitation periods β Often overlooked, yet potentially fatal to your legal rightsEnd of slow death by rubber duck?
In 2009, we blogged about plastics that contain (and release) phthalates, plasticizers used in the manufacture of soft vinyl used in many products (https://www.siskinds.com/slow-death-by-rubber-duck/). New Phthalates Regulations under the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) were registered on December 9 2010, and will come into force on June 9, 2011. They should help reduce phthalate exposure for...
Continue reading the post titled End of slow death by rubber duck?Regulation Decision Notice: Proposed Amendments to O.Reg. 359/09 (Renewable Energy Approvals), which can be found here:Β http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTEwMDEy&statusId=MTY3NDU3&language=en As a key pillar in supporting the development ofΒ Ontarioβs green economy, theΒ Ontariogovernment established O. Reg. 359/09 (Renewable Energy Approvals) under theEnvironmental Protection Act, on September 24, 2009. The regulation governs the approach to regulating renewable energy generation facilities based...
Continue reading the post titledWho pays for basement flooding?
It will likely be increasingly difficult for Β home and business owners to find anyone willing to pay for basement flooding. According to the insurers’Β Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, βbasement flooding is one of the biggest challenges facing homeowners, municipal governments and personal property insurers across the country.β Municipalities across Canada have substantial protection against civil...
Continue reading the post titled Who pays for basement flooding?Congratulations to Peter Kent
We want to send our congratulations, best wishes and some sympathy to the Hon. Peter Kent, Canada’s new Minister of the Environment. Β We do agree with Jeffrey Simpson: Minister Kent has an extremely difficult job, given his leader’s staunch opposition to effective action on the major environmental issues of our day. Β Perhaps it is just...
Continue reading the post titled Congratulations to Peter KentEnvironmental Law Firm of the Year
Who is the environmental law firm of the year? Β There seem to be a lot of rating services competing to decide. This week, we have been honoured as an (or the?) Β βEnvironmental Law Firm of the Yearβ for Canada by two of them: Corporate INTL Magazine, and DealMakers Monthly. Β We thought you would like to...
Continue reading the post titled Environmental Law Firm of the YearWhy is FOI so hard?
In 2009, of the 10,240 general information requests received by provincial government organizations, the Ministry of the Environment received 4944, the most of any provincial institution.
Continue reading the post titled Why is FOI so hard?Litigation Perils: Winning the battle, but losing the war!
Litigation is expensive, time-consuming, unpleasant and risky for everyone involved. Outcomes are hard to predict, as too are the fees and time that parties will spend either pursuing or defending a claim.Β Letβs not even talk about the potential reputational damage if litigation becomes public. I am not litigation-averse. It has its time and purpose. For...
Continue reading the post titled Litigation Perils: Winning the battle, but losing the war!Redefining conservation, or waste and duplication?
Redefining Conservation is the Ontario Environmental Commissioner’s annual report for 2009/ 2010. The report is full of good advice on the usual themes, including the chronic shortage of resources for environmental protection, the many ways that our land use planning fails to protect habitat and species, and the need for much greater commitment to energy...
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