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Quick Overview of Canadian Environmental Law

by Dianne Saxe on November 2, 2009

Please checkout our new page, with its quick summary of Canadian environmental in an easy-to-read, question and answer format.

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Legislation

1 Main environmental regulations

What are the main statutes and regulations relating to the environment?

Under Canada’s constitution, environmental regulation is shared between the federal government and the 10 provinces / 3 territories, (referred to collectively as “provinces”). Where there is a direct conflict between federal and provincial environmental statutes in relation to the same matter, federal law prevails, but such conflicts are rare, and overlapping requirements are common. Municipalities also play a growing role…

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