Natural Resources
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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.
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March 15, 2024
Cross-generational Indigenous trauma | Tony Stevenson
It is the year 2024 and the last residential school closed in 1998. Fellow First Nations demand that the school grounds be thoroughly investigated for the identity of the thousands of anomalies that have been found through radar ground searches. Several non-First Nations also want those anomalies to be verified as well so that their own opinions of these residential stories were made up to get government money. Unfortunately, their intentions are that of a very negative opinion that has been drummed up by their own inherited ignorance from the generations that came before them.
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March 15, 2024
Supreme Court rules limited statutory rights of appeal do not preclude access to judicial review
In a 9-0 judgment supportive of litigants’ access to judicial review, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a limited statutory right of appeal in a case does not preclude judicial review for matters not the subject of appeal, i.e. where there is an appeal right limited to questions of law, judicial review is available for questions of fact or mixed fact and law.
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March 15, 2024
Princess Kate’s publicity, privacy and press: A balance hard to find
A mother of three, who is coping with health troubles in her early 40s, published a social card for celebrating Mother’s Day, choosing an edited picture. She wished a Happy Mother’s Day to mothers and mothers to be, but she chose to edit a few details for undisclosed reasons.
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March 14, 2024
Canadian Sustainability Standards Board releases disclosure standards for public comment
The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) has released its first proposed Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS) for public consultation, according to a release.
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March 14, 2024
Federal undertakings not enclaves immune from provincial laws of general application: Ontario court
Ontario’s highest court has sided with CN Rail in its fight with a number of municipalities over a transport hub being constructed in the Town of Milton but has also pointed out that federal undertakings are not immune from provincial and municipal law.
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March 13, 2024
Canada expresses trade concerns after new ‘Product of USA’ labelling rule unveiled
Canada is sounding an alarm over a U.S. move to adopt stricter standards for meat, poultry and egg products labeled "Product of USA."
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March 13, 2024
Protestor did not identify Indigenous law that compelled violation of injunction: B.C. Appeal Court
B.C.’s top court has ruled against a woman who was challenging her sentence for criminal contempt after pleading guilty to violating an injunction against protesting a logging operation, saying her Indigenous heritage and belief in Indigenous laws may explain her reasons for attending the protest site but they do not explain why she flouted the injunction.
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March 12, 2024
Whistleblower programs gaining ground in Canada’s corporate sector, say researchers
They’ve been lionized — and sometimes villainized. But corporate whistleblowers in Canada are gradually gaining greater protection as more companies introduce in-house informant programs to reduce the risk of wrongdoing, say researchers in the field.