The Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) recently entered into a settlement agreement with the former officers and directors of Northstar Aerospace (Canada) Inc. for $4.75 million1. The payment by the directors and officers was on a no-fault basis to remediate...
Significant and much anticipated changes to the Fisheries Act regime referred to in the September 2012 and October 2012 editions of EnviroNotes! will finally take effect on November 25, 2013. These changes will shift the focus of protection from “fish...
On October 17, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in Castonguay Blasting Ltd. v. Ontario (Environment). Miller Thomson’s Bruce McMeekin and Andrea Farkouh represented Castonguay before the Supreme Court. The decision confirms the extraordinary scope of the...
