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August 7, 2013 – Ontario Energy Board selects transmitter for East-West Tie...
Toronto – In the first designation of its kind, Ontario Energy Board announced today its choice of Upper Canada Transmission Inc. as the transmitter to complete development work for the East-West Tie...
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Bill to Protect Great Lakes Passes Second Reading
Today, Bill 6, the proposed Great Lakes Protection Act 2013 passed second reading in the Ontario Legislature. Against a backdrop of scientific advice that Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario are in decline,...
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November 29 Deadline approaching for the Aboriginal Community Energy Plan...
The Ontario Power Authority has issued the following reminder that applications are being accepted until November 29, 2013, at noon for the Aboriginal Community Energy Plan (ACEP) Program. The ACEP...
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Supreme Court of Canada: Aboriginal Title Can Be Grounded in Semi-nomadic...
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision today in the case of Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2014 SCC 44. In a decision that will have far-reaching implications for Aboriginal...
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Supreme Court of Canada upholds Ontario’s right to license forestry...
The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the right of the province of Ontario to license forestry operations on Treaty 3 lands, without the approval of the federal government. In so doing, the court...
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Preparing Remote First Nation Communities for Grid Connection
We are pleased to note that Ontario has launched the Remote Electrification Readiness Program to help prepare remote diesel-dependent First Nation communities in northwestern Ontario for future...
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OPA reopens Aboriginal Community Energy Plan (ACEP) Program
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) has announced that it is again accepting proposals for the Aboriginal Community Energy Plan (ACEP) Program. The Program will support Aboriginal participation in...
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Paul Manning to Speak at Insight’s 8th Annual Aboriginal Energy Forum
I am pleased to be speaking again this year at Insight’s 8th Annual Aboriginal Energy Forum. The conference will be held in Toronto on December 4 and 5, 2014. I will be speaking on Friday 5 in the...
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Federal Court: Canada had duty to consult First Nation on changes to...
In a series of posts in 2012, we reported on the Harper government’s wholesale changes to Canada’s federal environmental legislation in its federal omnibus budget implementation bills C-38 and C-45...
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First Nations, Ontario Sign Historic Political Accord
In what Regional Chief Isadore Day described as “the most important collective milestone in modern times”, Chiefs of Ontario and the Government of Ontario signed a historic Political Accord on Tuesday...
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