What's the right brownfields regulation?
Many consultants are confused about the correct way to refer to the Ontario regulation on contaminated sites and records of site condition. As one wrote,
Continue reading the post titled What's the right brownfields regulation?$320,000 fine for former waste processors
A big fine has been imposed on a former waste processor and the two individuals who ran the company for environmental offences, according to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. According to the MOECC, 2R Services Inc. and its Directors were fined for failing to comply with ministry approvals for a hazardous waste processing site and...
Continue reading the post titled $320,000 fine for former waste processorsHow will Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012 work for designated projects?
According to the Conservatives, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) will streamline the EA process, avoid duplication and consolidate responsibility for [EA] to three agencies instead of 40.[1] These three agencies are the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency), the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), or the National Energy Board (NEB).[2] The government hopes that CEAA 2012...
Continue reading the post titled How will Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012 work for designated projects?Spills are good for lawyers
Spills always seem to be good for lawyers, if not for the environment. More than 300 lawsuits have been filed against BP relating to the Gulf oil spill, in addition to the Gulf Coast Claims Facility that is handing out emergency money from the $20 billion set aside by BP. But lower profile spills also...
Continue reading the post titled Spills are good for lawyersTreaty on Mercury?
A global agreement to restrict the use of mercury may finally be on the way. The UN’s first intergovernmental Mercury Conference took place in Stockholm this month; the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has released a summary of the negotiations.
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CP Ships LTD Class Action Au mois de janvier 2005, Siskinds a intenté, devant la Cour supérieure de justice de l’Ontario, un recours collectif contre CP Ships Ltd. et certains de ses anciens dirigeants et administrateurs (le « Recours collectif de l’Ontario »). Ce recours collectif, lequel a été intenté pour le compte de toutes...
Continue reading the post titled CP Ships LTDLetter of Wishes: How to assist trustees in the distribution of trust property New Article by Stacey Bothwell
Stacey Bothwell takes a look a a recent opportunity to draft a letter of wishes in the context of the reorganization of a corporate group and establishment of a family trust and wills. In this situation the children of the owners of the corporation and the owners themselves were fairly young. Stacey was able to...
Continue reading the post titled Letter of Wishes: How to assist trustees in the distribution of trust property New Article by Stacey BothwellDebtors’ prison for bankrupt contaminated sites?
The Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal has dismissed an appeal from an individual ordered to clean up the historic contaminated site of a bankrupt company in Brighton, Ontario. Bruce Cooey’s father owned Cooey Metal Products Ltd., which owned and operated an factory in Brighton, Ontario, between 1941 and 1989. The site was contaminated, the company became...
Continue reading the post titled Debtors’ prison for bankrupt contaminated sites?OBA comment on the Green Energy Act
As Public Affairs for the Environmental Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, I had the privilege of organizing and editing the OBA’s comments on the Green Energy and Green Economy Act, Bill 150. On the whole, we strongly support the Bill, but have pointed out a number of areas that require clarification. Dear Mr....
Continue reading the post titled OBA comment on the Green Energy ActWhy buy a contaminated site, then sue?
I continue to be amazed by the number of people who knowingly (or carelessly) buy a contaminated site, wrongly assuming that they will have an automatic right to successfully sue a neighbour for the cost of cleanup. What advice are they getting from the real estate and litigation bar? I can’t think of a single case (except...
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