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Beyond the Pale: The February 2025 Updates to the Mine Financial Security Program
By: Drew Yewchuk and Martin Olszynski Documents Commented on: Mine Financial Security Program Standard [December 2025], AER Manual 024: Guide to the Mine Financial Security Program [February 25, 2025]. PDF Version: Beyond the Pale: The February 2025 Updates to the Mine Financial Security Program AER Bulletin 2025-06 was posted on February 25, 2025, announcing an […]
Narrow Interpretations v Commercial Realities: Striking the Right Balance in Poonian
By: Jassmine Girgis Case Commented On: Henderson v Peerani, 2024 ABCA 370 (CanLII) PDF Version: Narrow Interpretations v Commercial Realities: Striking the Right Balance in Poonian In the recent case of Poonian v British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2024 SCC 28 (CanLII) (Poonian), the Supreme Court of Canada clarified s 178(1)(e) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency […]
Teaching Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
By: Robert Hamilton, Jennifer Koshan, and Jonnette Watson Hamilton Case Commented On: Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC 10 (CanLII) PDF Version: Teaching Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation It has been a year since the Supreme Court of Canada released its landmark decision in Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC […]
Anticipatory Obedience and Essential Infrastructure at the Alberta-US Border
By: Shaun Fluker Legislation commented on: Order in Council 008/2025 (January 29, 2025) amending the Critical Infrastructure Defence Regulation, Alta Reg 169/2021 PDF Version: Anticipatory Obedience and Essential Infrastructure at the Alberta-US Border The authoritarian and isolationist Trump administration has profoundly altered global relations. Democratic institutions are under attack in the United States, and it […]
I Do Solemnly [thumbs-up]: The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal Endorses the Use of Emojis as Contractual Signatures (and the Decision is Kinda [meh])
By: Michael Ilg Case Commented On: Achter Land & Cattle Ltd. v South West Terminal Ltd., 2024 SKCA 115 (CanLII) PDF Version: I Do Solemnly : The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal Endorses the Use of Emojis as Contractual Signatures (and the Decision is Kinda ) The most famous emoji in the history of Western Canadian […]