Expanded Early Warning Reporting
In a move that could limit the options of potential acquirors and activist investors, while significantly increasing the paper burden for institutional investors and mutual funds, the Canadian...
View ArticlePractical Guide to Software License Agreements
Software license agreements often specify a procedure — known as — acceptance testing' that the customer may use to verify that the licensed software meets specified requirements (...)
View ArticleBLG Monthly Update - March 2013
The BLG Monthly Update is a digest of recent developments in the law which Neil Guthrie, our National Director of Research, thinks you will find interesting or relevant — or both. (...)
View ArticleBC Expropriation Association — Case Law Update
On 7 March 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released its decision in Antrim Truck Centre Ltd. v. Ontario (Transportation), 2013 SCC 13, the first significant SCC decision (...)
View ArticleAsbestos in the Workplace — Who is Responsible?
A draft regulation to impose on Québec employers a duty to take additional measures with respect to the potential presence of asbestos in facilities where their employees work was published in the...
View ArticleEducation Law Newsletter
What is the Impact of Bill 115 On School Administrators? On March 26, 2013, Ontario’s public elementary teachers were advised by their own union to restore extra-curricular activities in time for the...
View ArticleOntario Global Adjustment Article
In 2005, the Province of Ontario added the Global Adjustment to electricity consumers’ bills in order to stabilize the price of electricity from specified electricity generation and other initiatives....
View ArticleOntario Environmental Review Tribunal Grants Motion to Adjourn Proceedings of...
On January 30 and 31, the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal (Tribunal) heard a series of motions in the appeals of a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) issued to Conestogo Wind LP (Conestogo Wind) for...
View ArticleOntario Launches Feed-In Tariff Program Review
On October 31, 2011, the Ontario Government announced its much anticipated review of the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) Program (“FIT Review”). The basic purpose of the FIT Review is to examine existing program...
View ArticleOntario Issues Draft Aboriginal Consultation Requirements for Certain...
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) recently released the Draft Aboriginal Consultation Guide for preparing a Renewable Energy Approval Application (the Guide). This long anticipated guidance...
View ArticleClean Energy Standard Offer Program (CESOP)
Clean Energy Standard Offer Program (CESOP) -- Ontario Power Authority (OPA) Announces Amendments to Combined Heat and Power Standard Offer Program (CHPSOP) and Energy Recovery Standard Offer Program...
View ArticleIESO Renewable Integration Initiative - Design Principles
Introduction -- The release of the Ontario Long Term Energy Plan (LTEP) and commitments to renewable energy under the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) Feed-In Tariff Program (FIT), drive significant...
View ArticleThe Ontario Government Issues Directives on Energy Supply Mix and...
On February 17, 2011, the Ontario Ministry of Energy announced that it has issued directives to the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) and the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) for the implementation of its...
View ArticleCESOP's Fables: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
The OPA’S combined heat adn power standard offer program (CHPSOP) and energy recovery standard offer program (ERSOP) (...)
View ArticleA Fresh Start to Clean Energy? The OPA’s Combined Heat And Power Procurement...
A Fresh Start to Clean Energy? The OPA’s Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Procurement and Clean Energy Standard Offer Program (CESOP) -- If recent events indicate a trend, 2011 is poised to be a banner...
View ArticleOntario Amends Renewable Energy Approval Regulation
The Ontario government has published amendments to Ontario Regulation 359/09 that created and governs the Renewable Energy Approval (REA) and that applies to most renewable energy developments in the...
View ArticleOntario Energy Board Staff Issue Compliance Bulletin on Renewable Electricity...
Section 71 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 (the “OEB Act”), sets out various permitted activities for Ontario’s licensed electricity transmitters and distributors (...)
View ArticleOntario Introduces The Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act, 2010
On May 18, the Ontario Minister of the Environment John Gerretsen introduced for first reading the Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act, 2010 (“Act” or “Bill 72”) (…)
View ArticleOntario Government Announces 184 Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects
On Thursday, April 8, 2010 Minister Duguid announced the latest results of the Ontario Power Authority’s First Round Feed In Tariff Program (“FIT”). In total, the 184 new projects represent 2,421 MWs...
View ArticleTeam North® Newsletter
Message From Team North® LeaderFor those of you who have received this newsletter before, you may notice a couple of differences. For one, I’m not Peter Pamel, although I will be attempting to fill...
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