Canadian Energy Law : Lawyers & Attorneys for Environmental Energy Law

Alison Forbes and Jim Harbell

As the dust finally settles from the 60-day initial launch period in the Fall of 2009 under the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program, many project developers, renewable energy generation equipment manufacturers, investors, lenders and governmental agencies are quickly realizing that Ontario's renewable energy market is experiencing explosive growth. This article briefly reviews some of the most recent developments.

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Martin Ignasiak and Katie Slipp

The Supreme Court of Canada, in a unanimous decision, significantly limited the discretion of federal "responsible authorities" under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) to determine the scope of project subject to federal environmental assessment. In MiningWatch Canada v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans), a proponent was proposing to construct and operate a copper and gold open pit mine in British Columbia. The entire project was subject to the provincial environmental assessment regime. Some components of the proposed project, including a tailings impoundment area, water diversion system and explosives storage and manufacturing area, required federally issued permits or authorizations. The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) determined that the scope of project for the purposes of federal assessment under CEAA was limited to these facilities.

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