In May 2017, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-48, the proposed Oil Tanker Moratorium Act, to Parliament. The proposed Act would prohibit tankers with a specific amount of crude or persistent oil as cargo – 12,500 metric tonnes of oil…
A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada decided that freedom of religion, which is protected under section 2(a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, does not protect sacred sites, and did not, in particular, protect the home…
Heiltsuk First Nation has released its Investigation Report into the first 48 hours of the Nathan E. Stewart oil spill. The 75-page Investigation Report sets out a chronology of the first 48 hours after the American tug-barge missed at least…
In 2012, in the middle of the Joint Review Panel process for assessing Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline Project, the federal government suddenly enacted significant amendments to laws governing pipelines and environmental protection (the “2012 Changes”). The 2012 Changes included a…
In a lengthy 146-page decision, the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the Governor in Council’s order, and turn, Enbridge’s pipeline certificates. Lisa C. Fong, of Ng Ariss Fong, acted for Heiltsuk Tribal Council and Kitasoo Xai’Xais Band Council. The court…