Prof @UCalgaryLaw. Enviro, nat res, sust dev, dispute resolution, treaties, Arctic. Coastal roots, Rockies branches. Never played for the Mets, sadly.
Calgary, Canada
Joined December 2012
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New Post: Treaty-Making in Australia and Considerations for Canada
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Read the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development reports 👉oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Engli…
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TIER has the potential to attract hundreds of billions of dollars worth of investment to Alberta. Read @emmadizon_'s op-ed on the importance of addressing some big challenges facing Alberta's carbon market. calgaryherald.com/opinion/co…
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New Post: Can the Federal Government Compel the Provincial Authorities to Respect an Indigenous Right of Self-Government?
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Thanks to @RanjPillai1, the Premier of Yukon, for spending an hour with our students today in our Yukon field course. (How cool is this? At @UCalgaryLaw, not only do you get to study Indigenous treaties in the Yukon, but you also get to be taught by Premiers!)
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New Post: Two Decades of Nunavut Fisheries Litigation and the Meaning of “Special Consideration”
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New Post: Locating the Constitutional Guardrails on Federal Environmental Decision Making after Reference re: Impact Assessment Act
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New Post: Transmission Policy in Alberta
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New Post: The Word “Exclusive” Does Not Confer a Constitutional Monopoly, Nor a Right to Develop Provincial Resource Projects
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Family in Aklavik, N.W.T., hopeful after minister says Indigenous people have right to move freely cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ind…
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New Post:The Legal Status of UNDRIP in British Columbia: Gitxaala v British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner)
ablawg.ca/2023/10/05/the-leg…
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New Post: Alberta Rolls Out Yet Another Form of Sequestration Agreement
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New Post: A Blog with Two Titles: (1) The Current Status of Monitoring, Measurement and Verification Requirements for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects in Alberta, and (2) When Does a Ministerial Order Have to be Published?
ablawg.ca/2023/09/07/a-blog-…
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New Post: An Incredibly Ill-Advised and Unnecessary Decision
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References from my research...
1/ Here's the short 1 pager from a year ago where we tried to answer the question: why are power prices so high?
Answer: it's not gas prices or coal phaseouts or carbon taxes... it's mostly market power
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🇨🇦 has updated its estimate of the social cost of carbon emissions—pegging the value to society in 2023 of every tonne of carbon emissions reduced at $261. This aligns with the latest science and estimates used by the U.S. EPA. Why it matters ⬇️#cdnpoli
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🚨 NEW: Budget 2023 offers smart, market-oriented measures to increase Canada's low-carbon competitiveness.
But there's more to be done to close the gap with the United States on key clean technologies.
Read our statement 👉
cleanprosperity.ca/budget-ta…
(thread 🧵) #Budget23
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Our @UCalgaryLaw profs appearing today in th Supreme Court of Canada! @SMascher5 @molszyns @FlukerShaun @davevwright
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Today 2 court cases on the newly renovated Impact Assessment Act.
In Ottawa, SCC hears appeal to Alberta's challenge to Act.
In Halifax, Fed Court of Appeal hears appeal from enviro groups incl @SierraClubCan around assessment of offshore oil and gas.
cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/s…