Case Law
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This case was heard in the Federal Court of Appeal. In March 2012, the federal Crown authorized the construction of two hydroelectric plants on the Churchill River. When the Council of the Innu of Ekuanitshit applied for judicial review of the government ...
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This case was heard in the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench (Trial Division). Debly Construction Ltd. had conducted longstanding business operations near a brook. In 1998, after the company’s operations were inspected, the Minister of Environment inf ...
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This case was heard in the Federal Court of Canada. The Ecology Action Centre (“EAC”) filed a motion requesting that its legal proceeding against the federal Crown be managed as a “specially managed proceeding,” and it also requested that the Court compe ...
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This case was heard in the Federal Court of Canada. After a Prothonotary struck seven affidavits that the Ecology Action Centre (“EAC”) had filed in support of its application for judicial review, the EAC appealed the Prothonotary’s decision. The Court h ...
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This case was heard in the Federal Court of Canada. The Ecology Action Centre (“EAC”) applied for judicial review of a Variation Order that had been issued by the Regional Director-General of the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The Variation ...
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This case was heard in the Federal Court of Appeal. The federal Ministers of Environment and Health issued two Ministerial decisions approving the production of genetically-modified salmon eggs at a production facility in Prince Edward Island. The Ecolog ...
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This case was heard in the Federal Court of Canada. The federal Ministers of Environment and Health issued two Ministerial decisions approving the production of genetically-modified salmon eggs at a production facility in Prince Edward Island. The Ecolog ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Trial Division). Mr. Faulkner appealed a decision by the Eastern Newfoundland Regional Appeal Board, which had reviewed and upheld a decision by the City of Mount Pearl to issue a con ...
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This case was heard in the Federal Court of Appeal. As the federal government explored options for constructing either a toll bridge or a tunnel between Prince Edward Island and the mainland, the Department of Public Works assessed the environmental impa ...
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This case was heard in the Federal Court of Canada. As the federal government explored options for constructing either a toll bridge or a tunnel between Prince Edward Island and the mainland, the Department of Public Works assessed the environmental impa ...
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This case was heard in the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench (Trial Division). After the New Brunswick Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture approved an application for an aquaculture permit and license for an aquaculture site, the Fundy ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland (Trial Division). The Town Council of the Town of Gambo applied for a Court declaration that the Dwyers had constructed a dwelling house illegally on their property, and the Council also requested ...
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This case was heard in the Federal Court of Canada. A proposed hydroelectric project was assessed by a joint review panel operating under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. After the joint review panel issued its final report, Grand Riverkeeper a ...
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This case was heard in the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia. Mr. Bagnell applied for a permit to infill a parcel of wetland on property that he owned. The Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour ("NSEL") referred his application to the federal De ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. Electric Reduction Co. of Canada, Ltd. discharged a poisonous substance into Placentia Bay, and, as a result, poisoned fish in the bay. The plaintiffs were fishermen whose businesses were injured ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Mr. Hoyt alleged that the Loews had disrupted a natural watercourse and damaged a pond on his property. After considering the evidence that was placed before it, the Court concluded that the Loews ...
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This case was heard in the Federal Court of Canada. The Humber Environmental Action Group (“HEAG”) sought a Court Order that would require the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to enforce the Navigable Waters Protection Act and order Corner Brook Pulp and ...
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This case was heard in the New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench. After the Isbills were convicted in Provincial Court of having failed to obtain a permit before undertaking a watercourse or wetland alteration, they appealed to the New Brunswick Court of ...
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This case was heard in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. The Juurlinks owned farmland in a watershed area in Hants County, Nova Scotia that was subject to certain regulations under Nova Scotia’s Water Act. When the Juurlinks listed their property for sal ...
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This case was heard in the Federal Court of Canada. Mr. Russell, a member of the Labrador Métis Nation, initiated a private prosecution against the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and a construction company, Johnson’s Construction Ltd., alleging th ...