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June 21, 2021

Commercial Litigation Team of the Year!

In May 2021, Ng Ariss Fong received a Canadian Law Award! We and several...

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Aboriginal Law
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February 29, 2020

The Wet’suwet’en movement: signalling the need for a new approach based on inherent rights recognition

by Savannah Carr-Wilson RCMP action against Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs opposing the Coastal GasLink pipeline...

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Aboriginal Law
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October 1, 2019

Flawed Federal Report means BC must reconsider certificate conditions for TransMountain: Squamish Nation v. British Columbia (Environment), 2019 BCCA 321

by Savannah Carr-Wilson In September 2019, the BC Court of Appeal directed the Province...

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Aboriginal Law
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July 24, 2019

After Kirby’s Oil Spill: The Criminal Conviction and Sentencing

Kirby Corporation sentenced in Bella Bella for 2016 oil spill in Heiltsuk territory  When...

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Aboriginal Law
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June 18, 2019

Indigenous governments and environmental protection: a lost opportunity for the courts at the crude oil reference (2019 BCCA 181)

On May 24, 2019, the BC Court of Appeal released a much-anticipated decision in...

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Environmental Law
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February 22, 2018

Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act etc.

On February 8, 2018, Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna introduced Bill C-69, An Act...

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Aboriginal Law
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February 22, 2018

Bill C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act

On February 6, 2018, Dominic LeBlanc, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, tabled Bill...

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Aboriginal Law
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November 15, 2017

Heiltsuk proposes plan to take strong leadership role in central coast oil spill prevention and response

Heiltsuk Nation has published a report outlining plans to strengthen oil spill prevention and...

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Aboriginal Law
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November 14, 2017

The Tanker Moratorium Act

In May 2017, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-48, the proposed Oil Tanker Moratorium...

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Aboriginal Law
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January 1, 2017

The Canadian government’s 2016 review of environmental protection laws

In 2012, in the middle of the Joint Review Panel process for assessing Enbridge’s...

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Aboriginal Law
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July 1, 2016

Federal Court of Appeal quashes Enbridge pipeline certificates

In a lengthy 146-page decision, the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the Governor in...

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Aboriginal Law
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January 31, 2016

Province’s duty to consult where joint environmental assessment

In the recent Coastal First Nations case (handed down on January 13), the B.C....

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Aboriginal Law
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January 31, 2016

Rematriation of the remains of Cheeky, the grizzly bear

The Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance and Raincoast Conservation Foundation successfully obtained a recommendation...

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Environmental Law
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September 7, 2015

Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain pipeline: conflict of interest

On August 21, 2015, the National Energy Board announced a postponement of its oral...

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Aboriginal Law
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October 14, 2014

Enbridge Pipeline – Judicial Review

Ng Ariss Fong, lawyers, has the distinct honour of representing Heiltsuk Nation and Kitasoo...

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