Government compliance with the reporting requirements under the Climate Change Accountability Act, S.B.C. 2007, c. 42 is justiciable

21. March 2023 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Ministry of Environment – Reporting requirements – Judicial review – Legislative compliance – Standard of review – Reasonableness – Environmental matters Sierra Club of British Columbia Foundation v. British Columbia (Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy), [2023] B.C.J. No.80, 2023 BCSC 74, British Columbia Supreme Court, January 17, ...

The Province does not need to prove fire control efforts were necessary or effective to recover such costs under the Wildfire Act

21. March 2023 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Forest Appeals Commission – Judicial review – Legislative compliance – Costs – Environmental matters – Forest practices Canadian National Railway Co. v. British Columbia, [2022] B.C.J. No. 2510, 2022 BCSC 2263, British Columbia Supreme Court, December 28, 2022, N. Sharma J. On June 11, 2015, a wildfire was sparked ...

Independent claims for Charter relief cannot be brought by petition

20. September 2022 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Municipal councils – Judicial review – Remedies – Charter relief Redeemed Christian Church of God v. New Westminster (City), [2022] B.C.J. No. 1136, 2022 BCCA 224, British Columbia Court of Appeal, June 24, 2022, L.A. Fenlon, J.C. Grauer and P.G. Voith JJ.A. In the Court below, the chambers judge ...

The Supreme Court of Canada established a new category of cases to which the correctness standard of review applies

20. September 2022 0
Administrative law – Decisions reviewed – Copyright Board – Judicial review – Statutory powers – Legislative compliance – Jurisdictional questions – Standard of review – Correctness Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Assn., [2022] S.C.J. No. 30, 2022 SCC 30, Supreme Court of Canada, July 15, 2022, R. Wagner ...