Natural Resources
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February 26, 2025
Settlement of $55M reached in truck emissions class actions
A $55 million settlement agreement has been reached in class action lawsuits against truck manufacturer Hino. The suit alleged misrepresentation of the emission levels in certain of its trucks and that those levels exceeded regulatory limits.
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February 26, 2025
Nova Scotia tables legislation opening ‘free trade’ with other provinces, territories
With the Trump tariffs looming, Nova Scotia has introduced pioneering legislation that would create “free trade” with participating provinces and territories. On Feb. 25, Nova Scotia’s government introduced the Free Trade and Mobility within Canada Act — a “first of its kind in the country” that “will help foster an environment of mutual recognition of goods, services and labour mobility across all sectors,” states a news release.
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February 26, 2025
SCC halts use of its ‘X’ account ‘for now,’ citing ‘strategic priorities and resource allocation’
In a move that has sparked controversy in Canada and beyond, the Supreme Court of Canada tells Law360 Canada that “for now” it will no longer use its official account on X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, a high-profile billionaire associate of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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February 26, 2025
Women & 2SLGBTQI+ applicants came out ahead as ‘highly recommended’ for federal benches in 2023-2024
Asserting his new administration is “ending illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity,” U.S. President Donald Trump recently issued controversial executive orders banning diversity, equity and inclusion policies and hiring at the federal level in America. But in Canada, the most recent demographic statistics on federal judicial appointments and the professional competence and character assessments made by the Trudeau government’s non-partisan judicial advisory committees (JACs) indicate that diversity has gone hand in hand with “merit.”
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February 25, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal dismisses broker’s claim for $8M fee for mining investment
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the summary dismissal of a claim for an $8.1 million commission brought by a business broker, finding that it had only shared publicly available information with one of the parties five years prior to the relevant transaction.
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February 25, 2025
Feds, Northwest Territories agree on nature protection plan
Ottawa has entered into a multi-year agreement with the Northwest Territories that will see the latter work with local Indigenous governments in a bid to protect nature in the territory.
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February 21, 2025
Federal Court orders reassessment of glyphosate-based pesticide over new risk evidence
The Federal Court has ordered the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) to reconsider its renewal of a pesticide product registration, citing a lack of evidence that the agency reviewed scientific studies highlighting new or heightened risks from its active ingredient.
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February 21, 2025
Feds kick off information-sharing ‘partnership’ between RCMP, big banks aimed at money laundering
Ottawa has launched an initiative this week that the federal government says will “support the permissible sharing of money laundering and organized crime intelligence between law enforcement and Canada’s big banks.”
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February 21, 2025
Seven criminal organizations listed as ‘terrorist entities’ subject to dealings, immigration bans
Canada has listed seven “transnational criminal organizations,” including street gangs and several major Mexican cartels that traffic in fentanyl, as “terrorist entities” under the Criminal Code — triggering immigration and dealings bans in Canada as well as expanding the tools law enforcement authorities have to trace and seize proceeds of crime, the federal government says.
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February 20, 2025
Nova Scotia introduces legislation to resolve property access disputes
The Nova Scotia government has introduced legislation aimed at resolving disputes that occur when property owners seek access to an adjacent property to complete construction and repairs.