Natural Resources
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March 20, 2024
Montreal cosmetics firm fined $500,000 for marketing products containing ‘forever chemical’
A Montreal-area cosmetics manufacturer is facing a $500,000 federal fine for marketing cosmetics containing a common silicone polymer classified as a “forever chemical.”
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March 20, 2024
Mathews Dinsdale adds partner
Mathews Dinsdale has announced that David W. Clark has joined its new Fredericton office as partner. According to an announcement, Clark has practised labour and employment law for over 35 years and provides legal and strategic expertise to employers.
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March 20, 2024
Cherished Mulroney memory | Bruce Baker
In the past few weeks, many tributes have been paid to former prime minister Brian Mulroney. As a lifelong New Democrat, one might think that I have little or no time for him. Nothing could be further from the truth. Brian Mulroney came from an era in Canadian politics that was far more civil in its nature compared to today's mass polarization to the right and left, with no room to build consensus or listen to or respect others' opinions on matters of public policy.
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March 19, 2024
Funding offered for particpants in Darlington nuclear plant licence hearings
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), the federal regulator for nuclear power and materials, is providing up to $100,000 to help Indigenous Nations and communities, members of the public and other interested parties participate in hearings starting this month on a proposed licence renewal for Ontario’s Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.
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March 19, 2024
Fisheries officers arrest 26 individuals for unauthorized fishing of ‘most valuable’ eel
Fisheries officers have arrested 26 individuals under investigation for contravention of the Fisheries Act and the Maritimes Provinces Fishery Regulations for the unauthorized harvest of a specific type of eel called elver, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has said.
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March 19, 2024
AI: A time to embrace | Connie L. Braun
Recently, I rediscovered Pete Seeger’s song, Turn, Turn, Turn which features the lyrics, “To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.” Viewing various performances via YouTube (this one is my favourite), I have found myself considering how a time and place for everything applies in this day and age with so many questions about and distrust of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Of particular note in the lyrics, especially as it relates to the effect AI is having and will continue to have on our lives is,“ A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing.” I am thinking that it is a time to embrace.
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March 19, 2024
Ottawa appeals declaration of constitutional requirement for timely federal judicial appointments
“Stay in your lane” — those words might encapsulate the thrust of the federal government’s message to the Federal Court in Ottawa's appeal of a recent groundbreaking judgment, which declared that the prime minister and federal justice minister are constitutionally obliged to fix the lengthy federal judicial appointment delays that have for years bedeviled litigants, lawyers and judges.
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March 18, 2024
Canada, Germany announce MOU for clean hydrogen trade
Canada and Germany have reached a “first of its kind” memorandum of understanding (MOU) designed to secure early market access for so-called clean Canadian hydrogen in Germany.
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March 18, 2024
Appeal and judicial review of a tribunal decision | Sara Blake
The Supreme Court of Canada has breathed life into an Ontario statutory provision that has been mostly ignored since it came into effect in 1972. Section 2(1) of the Judicial Review Procedure Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. J.1 (JRPA), authorizes the Divisional Court to grant relief on judicial review “despite any right of appeal.” For 40 years, Ontario courts consistently overlooked this provision, instead preferring to exercise their discretion to deny a remedy on judicial review because it regards a right of appeal to the court as an adequate alternative remedy.
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March 18, 2024
Brian Mulroney Canada’s ‘greenest’ PM: Elizabeth May
At home, he is broadly remembered for introducing the goods and services tax and free trade with the United States and attempting constitutional reconciliation with Quebec through the Meech Lake and Charlottetown accords – and abroad, for leading the global charge against apartheid in South Africa and persuading the United Nations in 1984 to mobilize a massive relief effort for millions facing starvation during the Ethiopian famine.