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Sorry Cranky Conservatives! Carbon Pricing Wins the Day
Sorry Cranky Conservatives! Carbon Pricing Wins the Day The Supreme Court ruling is good news for anyone invested in a habitable planet. But fixing the climate is going to take more. ‘There’s no court we can appeal this to,’ Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said on Thursday, before vowing to continue his fight. What taxpayer-funded mischief […]
Canada, the Supreme Court hold that Carbon Tax is Constitutional
Canada, the Supreme Court hold that Carbon Tax is Constitutional In Canada, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Ottawa has the power to impose a carbon price across the country as a “matter of national concern.” This is a major win for Trudeau and he can really make sure that the Canadian economy further declines to enable […]
Horgan’s Pipeline Push Betrays His Reconciliation Promise
Horgan’s Pipeline Push Betrays His Reconciliation Promise First Nations expected a new era; instead the government has embraced colonialism and ignored UNDRIP law. It’s the same old story Indigenous Peoples have heard for generations. B.C. Premier John Horgan tells the public “the rule of law” demands the Coastal GasLink pipeline go ahead. Permits are in place, and […]
When Indigenous Assert Rights, Canada Sends Militarized Police
When Indigenous Assert Rights, Canada Sends Militarized Police It’s become routine, but ignores latest law on rights and title, say experts. RCMP action against the Wet’suwet’en last week was intended to send a message, says professor Jeffrey Monaghan. Photo by Michael Toledano. The use of heavily armed RCMP to enforce a court injunction and tear […]
How this man’s legal challenge could stall LNG Canada
Smithers resident Michael Sawyer is arguing to the National Energy Board that a pipeline that would serve the LNG Canada plant should have undergone a federal environmental assessment. Photo: Dan Mesec / The Narwhal IN-DEPTH How this man’s legal challenge could stall LNG Canada A massive new fracked gas export plant in Kitimat may have […]
Top Canadian Court Permits Worldwide Internet Censorship
Top Canadian Court Permits Worldwide Internet Censorship A country has the right to prevent the world’s Internet users from accessing information, Canada’s highest court ruled on Wednesday. In a decision that has troubling implications for free expression online, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld a company’s effort to force Google to de-list entire domains and […]
Telecoms Must Defend Our Privacy, Court Confirms
Telecoms Must Defend Our Privacy, Court Confirms Ontario decision orders companies to represent subscribers’ interests. Court ruled law enforcement’s request for thousands of subscribers’ cell phone records breached Canadian Charter rights. Anonymous photo via Shutterstock. In today’s communications driven world, no one collects as much information about its customers as telecom companies. As subscribers increasingly rely on […]
In Supreme Court, a Battle Over Fracking and Citizens’ Rights
In Supreme Court, a Battle Over Fracking and Citizens’ Rights Jessica Ernst’s long fight to challenge legislation putting energy regulator above the law reaches top court. Jessica Ernst on her land in Alberta. Photo: Colin Smith. After years of legal wrangling, Jessica Ernst and Alberta’s powerful energy regulator finally squared off in the Supreme Court […]
Charter Rights at Issue in Fracking Supreme Court Case
Charter Rights at Issue in Fracking Supreme Court Case Jessica Ernst’s long battle over rights, well contamination reaches highest court Tuesday. Jessica Ernst stands in front of Encana compressors in Rosebud, Alberta. Photo by Tor Lundberg Tuorda. An Alberta woman’s landmark eight-year battle over fracking regulation, water contamination and Charter rights will take centre stage […]
Supreme Court rejects Rio Tinto’s efforts to dismiss Innu class action lawsuit
Supreme Court rejects Rio Tinto’s efforts to dismiss Innu class action lawsuit Innu claim mines have harmed environment and their way of life The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to end a class action lawsuit filed by two Innu communities against the Iron Ore Co. of Canada and the Quebec North Shore and Labrador […]
Canadian Supreme Court’s top judge dismisses activist label
Canadian Supreme Court’s top judge dismisses activist label CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin brushed off criticism on Thursday that her court, which has clashed with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, has been too activist. McLachlin, the court’s longest-serving chief justice, has presided over numerous decisions that reversed Parliament’s decisions, and […]
Supreme Court Rejects Argument to Dismiss Landmark Fracking Case
Supreme Court Rejects Argument to Dismiss Landmark Fracking Case Jessica Ernst’s charter claim hearing slated for 2016. The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected a motion by the country’s most powerful energy regulator that Jessica Ernst’s case involving fracking and groundwater contamination raises no significant constitutional claim and should be dismissed. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin ruled that […]
Rocco Galati challenges role of Bank of Canada in latest case
Rocco Galati challenges role of Bank of Canada in latest case Maverick lawyer argues central bank should provide interest-free money for infrastructure The lawyer best known for stopping the Supreme Court appointment of Judge Marc Nadon has turned his sights on the Bank of Canada. Rocco Galati has taken on a case for a group […]
Landmark Fracking Case Gets a Supreme Court Hearing
Landmark Fracking Case Gets a Supreme Court Hearing Oil patch consultant Jessica Ernst alleges Alberta has intimidated landowners. The Supreme Court of Canada said today that it will hear thelandmark case of Jessica Ernst, which squarely challenges how the Alberta government has treated landowners and regulated hydraulic fracturing. The decision both stunned and exhilarated the 57-year-old Ernst. […]
Canadian Government: This Reporter’s Question About ALEC ‘Undeserving of Response’ | DeSmog Canada
Canadian Government: This Reporter’s Question About ALEC ‘Undeserving of Response’ | DeSmog Canada. As some of you may know, I’ll be starting a new rolein January 2015 as an investigative resources correspondent for Reuters. Getting access to records about government decisions and policies has long played a key role in the work of many journalists around the […]
