Written by Chad Grasza
On September 30, 2020, the Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines released a Ministerial Directive to direct the IESO to implement a 2021-2024 Conservation and Demand Management Framework launching the week of January 4, 2021. The new framework will be cen...
Written by Chad Grasza
On June 22, 2020, the Department of National Defence pleaded guilty to one charge of contravening the Storage Tank Systems for Petroleum Products and Allied Petroleum Products Regulations. The Department was sentenced in the Provincial Court of Alberta in St...
Written by Chad Grasza
On October 6th the Alberta Government published a 26 page document called - Getting Alberta Back to Work Natural Gas Vision and Strategy. The governments vision is to provide a legal framework to support investment and position Alberta as a global suppli...
Written by Chad Grasza
The Alberta government is starting discussions this fall with key stakeholders to introduce legislation for the development of geothermal energy. The government feels a strong geothermal sector will provide opportunities for Indigenous, rural communities and create jobs i...
Written by: Heather Donaldson
The Market Surveillance Administrator has initiated an investigation into the Balancing Pool related to its strategies to offer electricity into Alberta’s power market earlier this year.
The Market Surveillance Administrator is in pl...
Overview
For the past three years, the Government of Canada, under the leadership of Natural Resources Canada, has been working with private sector stakeholders, Indigenous organizations, non-Government organizations, and governments at all levels to inform the development of a Hydrogen Strategy...
Written by: Heather Donaldson
On September 21, 2020, Ontario Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks announced the Federal government accepted Ontario’s Emission Performance Standards (EPS) program as an alternative to the federal output-based pricing system ...
Written by Chad Grasza
On September 23, 2020, the Quebec Government introduced Bill 66 – An Act respecting the acceleration of certain infrastructure projects .
Bill 66 follows the controversial Bill 61 that was abandoned in the Summer of 2020.
The goal of Bill 66 is to help comp...
Written by Sharan Johal
Bill C-65, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence) comes into force on January 1, 2021. It modifies the current framework under the Canada Labour Code in “the prevention of harassment and violence, including sexual harassment and sexual violence, in wo...