Podcast - Beyond Compliance: A Deep Dive into Carbon Markets Fraud and the Government's Response
En janvier 2025, Environnement et Changement climatique Canada (« ECCC ») a publié l’avant-projet de protocole fédéral de crédits compensatoires (le « Protocole ») en lien avec le captage et le stockage géologique du dioxyde...more
In January 2025, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) released a preliminary draft of its Federal Offset Protocol (Protocol) for direct air carbon dioxide capture and geological storage (DACCS) projects. The Protocol...more
In the recent United Steelworkers Local 14193 v Cameco Fuel Manufacturing Inc., 2023 CanLII 115899 (CA LA) decision (“Cameco Fuel Manufacturing”), the arbitrator allowed a federal employer to deduct an entitlement to Canada...more
The system aims to stimulate innovation in GHG-reduction activities as part of the country’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan. On June 8, 2022, Canada launched the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Offset Credit System (the System) to...more
Le 8 juin 2022, le Canada a publié la version définitive du Règlement sur le régime canadien de crédits compensatoires concernant les gaz à effet de serre (le « Règlement »). Le Règlement décrit comment les installations...more
On June 8, 2022, Canada released its final Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System Regulations (Regulations). The Regulations provide a roadmap as to how greenhouse gas (GHG) emission offset credits generated by acceptable...more
A drafting mistake in an agreement can result in significant and unintended tax consequences. In the recent case of Baytex Energy Ltd. v. Canada (Attorney General) (Baytex), the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta (Court)...more