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Bill Five: Risky Business in Ontario
Thursday, May 8, 2025 | Part 1
On April 17, 2025, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 20251,…
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Grey County and Saugeen Ojibway Nation Reach Historic Agreement
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Grey County and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) have reached an agreement settling Grey County’s involvement in SON’s…
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Raising the Stakes - A Comparative Review of Canadian Mining Laws and Responsible Mining Standards
September 11, 2020
OKT is pleased to announce the release of the groundbreaking report: RAISING THE STAKES: A Comparative Review of Canadian Mining Laws and Responsible Mining Standards.
Canada…
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OKT Welcomes Randall Kahgee as Senior Counsel
OKT is pleased to announce that Randall Kahgee has joined the firm as Senior Counsel. Randall is an accomplished Aboriginal law and Indigenous law practitioner who brings a wealth…
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Protection Through Partnership: Forging a New Relationship With Indigenous-Led Conservation in Canada
Originally Published in Lawyers Daily, Monday August 10, 2020
Worldwide, there is a growing consensus that conservation requires the recognition of rights, respect, and co-operation with Indigenous peoples. Indigenous Protected…
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Ontario continues to throw environmental pre-caution to the wind with Bill 197
On Tuesday, the Ontario government passed the Omnibus COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020 (aka Bill 197) which makes significant changes to Ontario’s environmental assessment (EA) process. How exactly these changes…
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Sovereignty Begins at Home: Inuit and the Northwest Passage
The fabled Northwest Passage, connecting the world’s two largest oceans along the northern coast of North America through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is fast becoming a present-day reality. Non-Inuit have…
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