Natural Resources
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September 23, 2025
B.C. expands Timber Sales mandate in line with task force recommendations
British Columbia has announced that it is “expanding and strengthening” the role of the provincial agency B.C. Timber Sales (BCTS) to ensure support for good forestry jobs and healthy forests for the future. It is bringing the changes in response to expert recommendations from the BCTS task force review.
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September 22, 2025
Ontario and U.K. enter clean energy partnership for nuclear fusion
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) Group have signed a memorandum of understanding for Ontario to supply tritium, a critical fuel for nuclear fusion, to support the UKAEA’s fusion research and energy development projects.
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September 19, 2025
SCC rules 5-4 in favour of Toronto homeowners’ adverse possession claim against municipal parkland
In a far-reaching adverse possession judgment that rejects a judge-made immunity for municipal parkland facing matured possessory claims in Ontario, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 5-4 that two Toronto homeowners own a piece of adjoining municipal parkland that was fenced into their backyard decades ago by the home’s previous owner.
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September 19, 2025
Feds launch public consultations on CUSMA
Following the prime minister’s visit to Mexico, the federal government has launched public consultations on the operation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).
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September 19, 2025
Canada, Mexico launch 3-year plan to boost trade, energy and security
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have together launched a new comprehensive and strategic partnership aimed at deepening ties between the countries and enhancing North America’s economic competition and resiliency.
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September 19, 2025
Foreign worker program needs reform, not elimination
Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre’s recent statement that the foreign worker program should be shut down is nothing more than opportunistic political posturing. He was joined by an unlikely bedfellow: B.C. Premier David Eby. Both are trying to capitalize on the frustration of young Canadians who face high unemployment.
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September 18, 2025
When charity funds mining: Flow-through shares and the Indigenous consent gap
What if your charitable donation was helping fund mining exploration on Indigenous lands — without the knowledge or consent of the nations impacted?
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September 17, 2025
Ford urges Carney to maintain Chinese EV tariffs to protect auto jobs, investments
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called on Ottawa to maintain a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) in an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, calling it critical to a future trade deal with the U.S. and to the auto sector.
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September 17, 2025
New U of T animal law program first of its kind in Canada
In a first for Canada, the University of Toronto’s law school has launched a new program that will look at the evolving legal treatment of pets and animals. The animal law program at U of T’s Henry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law will offer a comprehensive engagement with the complex legal frameworks surrounding animal rights, welfare and protection.
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September 16, 2025
Cabinet says new criminal legislation coming in ‘matter of days’ but federal budget not till Nov. 4
With MPs back in the capital for the fall, the first two days in the House of Commons were busy ones for legislators. On Sept. 16, 2025, Justice Minister Sean Fraser disclosed some of the Liberal government’s immediate plans and timing for new criminal justice legislation, while Finance and National Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne informed the Commons today that he will deliver a somewhat tardy federal budget on Nov. 4, 2025 — not in October, as Liberal House Leader Steven MacKinnon stated when he laid out the minority government’s fall agenda at a press conference the previous day.