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Continuing Implementation of Revisions to the Columbia River Treaty By: Nigel Bankes Matters Commented On: (1) Annual Report of the Permanent Engineering Board (PEB) to the Governments of the United States and Canada under the terms of the Columbia River Treaty for…

New Post: Continuing Implementation of Revisions to the Columbia River Treaty

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New Post: The Notwithstanding Clause x 4 in Alberta: Now What?

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New Post: “Time is of the Essence” Clauses are Incompatible with Indefinite Time Provisions

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New Post: The Application of Provincial Statutes of Limitation to Indigenous Claims

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New Post: Limiting Contractual Liability for Breaching the Duty of Good Faith

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AlphaBow Again Challenges AER Enforcement Related to Oil and Gas Closure Liabilities During Insolvency  By: Drew Yewchuk Decisions Commented On: Re AlphaBow Energy Ltd., 2025 ABKB 622 (CanLII) (AlphaBow ABKB); Re AlphaBow Energy Ltd., 2026 ABCA 35 (CanLII) (AlphaBow ABCA) PDF Version: AlphaBow Again …

New Post: AlphaBow Again Challenges AER Enforcement Related to Oil and Gas Closure Liabilities During Insolvency 

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New Post: The Light Goes Out at the NRCB on Major Recreational Project Reviews

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New Post: “Declarations of Aboriginal Title Are Not Discretionary”

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New Post: Untangling Received Law in Alberta

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New Post: Grading the 2024 AER Liability Management Performance Report

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What Are the Implications of the International Court’s Climate Change Advisory Opinion for Provinces? By: Nigel Bankes Case Commented On: Obligations of States In Respect of Climate Change, Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, July 23, 2025 PDF Version: What Are the Implications …

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“Money for Nothing”: Landlords Take on Residential Tenants’ Security Deposits   By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton Legislation Commented On: Residential Tenancies Act, SA 2004, c R-17.1, Part 4 PDF Version: “Money for Nothing”: Landlords Take on Residential Tenants’ Security Deposit…

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New Post: Religious Freedom and the Oath to the Sovereign, Revisited

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The New Brunswick Court of Appeal Weighs in on Aboriginal Title and Private Lands By: Robert Hamilton Cases Commented On: JD Irving, Limited et al v Wolastoqey Nation, 2025 NBCA 129 CanLII; Wolastoqey Nations v New Brunswick and Canada, et al., 2024 NBKB 203 CanLII. PDF Version:…

New Post: The New Brunswick Court of Appeal Weighs in on Aboriginal Title and Private Lands

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New Post: ABlawg Year in Review 2025

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The Political Threat to the Rule of Law in Canada By: Gideon Christian PhD Matter Commented On: Canadian Law Societies’ Ours to Protect Campaign PDF Version: The Political Threat to the Rule of Law in Canada Recently, the law societies across Cana…

New Post: The Political Threat to the Rule of Law in Canada

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New Post: A Final Lump of Coal for 2025

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New Post: Gitxaala and the Conundrum of UNDRIP Implementing Legislation: The Sky Has Not Fallen In

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New Post: The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Reaches Canada: The Federal Court Opens Door to New Climate Claims

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New Post: Alberta Water Act Amendments: No Bridge Over Troubled Waters

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New Post: A Court Divided: What an Ontario Court Motion Reveals About Race in the Courtroom

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New Post: The Automatic Right of Appeal under Section 193(c) of the BIA: The Case for a Narrow Approach in Asset Sale Decisions

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Dorsey v Canada: A Rare and Necessary Advancement for Prisoners’ Rights By: Amy Matychuk Case Commented On: Dorsey v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 38 (CanLII) PDF Version: Dorsey v Canada: A Rare and Necessary Advancement for Prisoners’ Rights The decision in Dor…

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The Mess We’re In: Insights from the 1st International Colloquium on Closure Liabilities in the Energy Sector By: Kaitlin Schaaf, Kathy Cao, Jessica Farrell, Andrew Simmons, Emilia Yassiri, and Martin Olszynski Matter Commented On: 1st International Colloquium on Closure Liabilities in the Energy Sector PD…

New Post: The Mess We’re In: Insights from the 1st International Colloquium on Closure Liabilities in the Energy Sector

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New Post: Disgorgement Orders as Non-Dischargeable Debt

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The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth  By: Jennifer Koshan Case and Bill Commented On: Egale Canada v Alberta, 2025 ABKB 394 (CanLII); Bill 9, Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, 2nd Session, 31st Legislature PD…

New Post: The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth

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The Queue-Jumping Problem with Mandamus: Northback v the Minister of Environment and Protected Areas By: Drew Yewchuk Case Commented On: Northback Holdings Corporation v Alberta (Environment and Protected Areas), 2025 ABKB 617 (CanLII) PDF Version: The Queue-Jumping Problem with Mandamus:Northback…

New Post: The Queue-Jumping Problem with Mandamus: Northback v the Minister of Environment and Protected Areas

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Major Projects and the Building Canada Act: New list of PONIs or PHONIs?  By: David V. Wright Matter Commented On: Building Canada Act, SC 2025, c 2, s 4 PDF Version: Major Projects and the Building Canada Act: New list of PONIs or PHONIs? This week, Prime Minister Carn…

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Ponzi Scheme Payouts as BIA Preference Payments By: Jassmine Girgis Case Commented On: My Mortgage Auction Corp (Re), 2025 BCSC 1520 PDF Version: Ponzi Scheme Payouts as BIA Preference Payments When an insolvent debtor pays one creditor over oth…

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New Post: Mine 14: It’s Worse Than We Thought

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