Commercial Litigation Team of the Year!
In May 2021, Ng Ariss Fong received a Canadian Law Award! We and several...
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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...
Read MoreFlawed 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...
Read MoreAfter Kirby’s Oil Spill: The Criminal Conviction and Sentencing
Kirby Corporation sentenced in Bella Bella for 2016 oil spill in Heiltsuk territory When...
Read MoreIndigenous 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...
Read MoreBill 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...
Read MoreBill C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act
On February 6, 2018, Dominic LeBlanc, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, tabled Bill...
Read MoreHeiltsuk 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...
Read MoreThe Tanker Moratorium Act
In May 2017, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-48, the proposed Oil Tanker Moratorium...
Read MoreThe Canadian government’s 2016 review of environmental protection laws
In 2012, in the middle of the Joint Review Panel process for assessing Enbridge’s...
Read MoreFederal Court of Appeal quashes Enbridge pipeline certificates
In a lengthy 146-page decision, the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the Governor in...
Read MoreProvince’s duty to consult where joint environmental assessment
In the recent Coastal First Nations case (handed down on January 13), the B.C....
Read MoreRematriation of the remains of Cheeky, the grizzly bear
The Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance and Raincoast Conservation Foundation successfully obtained a recommendation...
Read MoreKinder Morgan Trans-Mountain pipeline: conflict of interest
On August 21, 2015, the National Energy Board announced a postponement of its oral...
Read MoreEnbridge Pipeline – Judicial Review
Ng Ariss Fong, lawyers, has the distinct honour of representing Heiltsuk Nation and Kitasoo...
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