In this article –“Federal and provincial battles continue over climate change regulation” – we examine the continued fundamental disagreement between the provinces and the federal government about who has the constitutional authority to regulate the environment, and climate change in particular.
This article is authored by Richard King, partner in Osler’s Regulatory, Environmental, Aboriginal and Land Group; Jennifer Fairfax and Patrick G. Welsh, both partners in our Regulatory, Environmental, Aboriginal and Land and Litigation Groups; Evan Barz, associate in our Regulatory, Environmental, Aboriginal and Land and Litigation Groups; and Coleman Brinker and John Gormley, both associates in our Regulatory, Environmental, Aboriginal and Land Group.
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