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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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Ontario Provincial Policy Statement Being Amended
The Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) has released a draft of the revised Provincial Policy Statement (PPS). These amendments will affect a wide variety of provincial and municipal…
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Angling for Ways to Protect Canadian Fisheries
Cohen Commission Final Report Released
On Oct. 31, Justice Cohen released the Final Report of the Cohen Commission, available at http://www.cohencommission.ca/en/. The Report provides an urgent and…
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Ahousaht Intervention
On behalf of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON), OKT successfully sought leave to intervene in the reconsideration of the Ahousaht case in the British Columbia Court of Appeal. At stake…
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Consultation and Cumulative Effects
The following article was published in the Aboriginal Law Newsletter of the Ontario Bar Association.
Consultation and Cumulative Effects: Is there a role for the…
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Fisheries Act amendments will shrink already sparse fish habitat protections
The federal government of Canada has proposed sweeping amendments to the Fisheries Act in its omnibus Budget Bill (Bill C-38). Here is what the Fisheries Act amendments may mean…
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Hasty Process for Aggregates Resources Act Review
Aggregates are sand, clay, gravel and rock. They are extracted from the ground in ways similar to mining, but they are not covered by mining legislation. According to the Ontario…
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