Natural Resources
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July 02, 2025
Court allows lease graduation amid dispute over notice period in aquaculture case
The British Columbia Supreme Court has found that a lease that provided graduation stages on certain conditions was in effect for two companies entering leasing agreements for algae growing and aquaculture purposes.
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July 02, 2025
Saskatchewan supports Alberta in Impact Assessment Act challenge before Court of Appeal
Saskatchewan will be intervening in “support of Alberta’s legal action to challenge the federal Impact Assessment Act before the Alberta Court of Appeal,” the provincial government has announced.
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July 02, 2025
Federal government makes carbon rebate for small businesses tax-free
Ottawa wants to make its small business carbon tax rebate tax-free.
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July 02, 2025
Ottawa announces removal of federal exceptions in Canadian Free Trade Agreement
In its bid to promote domestic trade, Canada is removing all 53 remaining federal exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Transport and Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced.
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June 30, 2025
Canada imposes tariff rate quotas on steel imports from non-FTA countries
Canada has announced new tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for steel mill products imported from non-free trade agreement (FTA) partner countries, as part of an effort to curb the impact of steel being diverted to Canada as a result of U.S. tariffs.
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June 30, 2025
Saskatchewan regulator’s 2024 report highlights mental health, AI, competency
Saskatchewan’s legal regulator was active last year in continuing its goals of increasing competency, minding members’ mental health and guiding lawyers in the use of artificial intelligence. The Law Society of Saskatchewan (LSS) laid out progress in these areas and others as part of its recently released annual report for 2024.
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June 30, 2025
Canada drops digital services tax to restart U.S. trade talks, avert more tariffs
The federal government has withdrawn its digital services tax (DST) on U.S. technology giants to resume trade negotiations days after U.S. President Donald Trump terminated talks with Canada over the levy.
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June 27, 2025
SCC clarifies appeal right from removal orders in immigration judicial review case
In an immigration and statutory interpretation decision that sheds light on administrative law and how to analyze reasonableness in judicial review cases, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that foreign nationals may appeal removal orders to the Immigration and Refugee Board’s Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) if their visas were current on arrival in Canada, even if their visas expire after their arrival here.
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June 27, 2025
Aurora Cannabis faces consumer class action, possible investor action after $8M settlement in U.S.
A proposed investor class action against Edmonton-based Aurora Cannabis Inc. has been kept alive following a recent Alberta Court of King’s Bench decision, just weeks after an Ontario court certified a consumer class action alleging the company negligently failed to warn consumers about the risk of contracting a cannabis-related illness through its products.
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June 27, 2025
Bill C-5 and the Building Canada Act: Deregulation in a ‘national interest’ costume?
On June 6, 2025, the federal Liberal government tabled Bill C-5 — the One Canadian Act — containing two parts: a free trade framework and the Building Canada Act. As of June 26, 2025, this bill is now federal law.