Environmental Law
Our Environmental Law Practice Helps Clients Navigate a Wide Range of Environmental Issues
As Canadians become increasingly attentive to the impacts of human activity on the climate and seek to hold offenders accountable, environmental regulations, laws, and administrative procedures have become increasingly complex.
Our integrated team of lawyers draw on each other’s expertise to assist our clients in navigating a variety of environmental issues, including:
We have considerable experience working within the environmental regulatory processes of all levels of governments including those established under the Impact Assessment Act (formerly the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act), the BC Environmental Assessment Act, the federal Fisheries Act, the BC Fish Protection Act, the BC Environmental Management Act, and the BC Land Act.
Protection
We represent a diversity of clients, including First Nations, environmental organizations and campaigners, and private citizens in the pursuit of environmental protection for the air, lands, and waters that we value. Our representation of organizations and individuals includes holding government and industry to high environmental standards in areas such as mining, pipeline development, and water diversions.
We have acted on claims regarding:
Assessment
Environmental assessments are conducted to ensure that any potential environmental, economic, social, cultural, and health effects that may result from a major project are thoroughly assessed.
We regularly assist clients with:
Protection
We represent a diversity of clients, including First Nations, environmental organizations and campaigners, and private citizens in the pursuit of environmental protection for the air, lands, and waters that we value. Our representation of organizations and individuals includes holding government and industry to high environmental standards in areas such as mining, pipeline development, and water diversions.
We have acted on claims regarding:
- The cumulative impact of industrial development on the environment as an infringement on Aboriginal rights
- Toxic spills on Indigenous lands and waterways
- Diversion of water from a major river in First Nations territory and the subsequent environmental harm
- Successful stoppage of a commercial herring fishery that threatened the long-term viability of the stock
Ready when you are
Our lawyers offer a broad range of experience and expertise, with a client-first philosophy to help you achieve your goals.
Ready when you are
Our lawyers offer a broad range of experience and expertise, with a client-first philosophy to help you achieve your goals.
