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Posted July 19, 2021

The Limited Exception to Notice under the Environmental Bill of Rights

On June 3, 2021, the Divisional Court released its decision in Eastern Georgian Bay Protective Society Inc. v. Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks,[...]

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Posted May 25, 2021

Highway 413 – The Road to Nowhere

In a surprising move, on May 3, 2021 the federal government announced that it will be taking steps to conduct its own environmental assessment of[...]

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Posted March 22, 2021

Regulatory Steps in Ontario Lead to Legal Contest For Conservation Interests

Recent regulatory actions by the Ontario provincial government are raising significant legal issues for conservation interests. On December 8, 2020, Royal Assent was given to[...]

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Environmental Law

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Michael S. Hebert

Posted March 17, 2021

Ontario’s New Excess Soil Regulations and Their Impact on Damage Claims

In spite of all of the differences of opinion on environmental issues and law, there is no doubt on the question that for damages regarding[...]

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Posted January 19, 2021

The Experience of a Virtual Trial

Further to my earlier blog post in anticipation of the environmental team at Mann Lawyers first virtual trial, I can now report that the trial[...]

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Environmental Law

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Michael S. Hebert

Posted December 29, 2020

Record of Site Condition – Useful Tool or Expensive, Time Consuming Procedure?

A great deal of discussion has and will continue to take place over the utility of obtaining a Record of Site Condition (“RSC”) for lands[...]

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Posted December 2, 2020

Virtual Trials – The Future is Upon Us

The Mann Lawyers environmental law team is embarking on its first virtual trial this week. It will be interesting to see how a trial by[...]

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Posted November 10, 2020

Proposed Blue Box Changes are Announced

The Provincial government has announced a major overhaul to the province’s blue box recycling program. The changes, which the government estimates will save municipalities $135[...]

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Environmental Law

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Michael S. Hebert

Posted October 27, 2020

Contaminated Site Remediation Options – Considerations for Effective Cost Recovery from Polluters

Where a landowner encounters contamination of its landholdings, usually some form of remedial activities will be necessary in order to remove or ameliorate the contamination.[...]