Jacob A. Sadikman Jacob A. Sadikman

Supreme Court ends uncertainty over constitutionality of federal carbon pricing framework

Even before the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (the GGPPA) received royal assent in June 2018, questions arose about the federal government’s...

Details of Ontario’s transition to emissions performance standards program released

On October 22, 2021, the Government of Ontario made several regulatory amendments and changes to incorporated documents to facilitate the...

Ontario’s new community net metering regulation for pilot projects

A new Ontario regulation is intended to support the gradual expansion of renewable energy net metering to multi-building pilot...

Federal climate accountability legislation receives royal assent

Canada’s new climate accountability legislation recently received royal assent. In their blog, Jake Sadikman, Evan Barz and Marleigh Dick...

Nova Scotia holds its third cap-and-trade auction

In their blog, Osler’s Jacob A. Sadikman, Richard J. King, Evan Barz and Marleigh Dick comment on the results of Nova Scotia’s recent...

Ontario’s first OEB approved renewable natural gas program

As Canada’s transition to a low-carbon economy accelerates, one of the features of that transition has been the adoption of Renewable Natural...

The Supreme Court of Canada upholds the constitutionality of federal carbon pricing legislation

On March 25, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada released its much-anticipated decision, upholding the constitutionality of the Greenhouse Gas...

The wind blows another way for renewable energy in Ontario

On May 31, 2019, the Government of Ontario published two regulations under the Planning Act and Environmental Protection Act.

The electrification of the economy: Ontario’s 2017 Long-Term Energy Plan

On October 26, 2017, the Ontario government issued its latest Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP) pursuant to the Energy Statute Law Amendment Act, 2016,...