Tag Archives: judicial review

Can a National Park And Its Trees And Animals Have Rights? Yes! Argues Maliseet Grand Council

January 2, 2019aboriginal rights, Indigenous, judicial review, maliseet, mount carleton provincial park, new brunswick, rights of nature, treaty interpretationjfisch

By: Christina Persaud The Maliseet put forth a novel “Rights of Nature” argument, opposing Mount Carleton Snowmobile Hub In July 2015, the Government of New Brunswick announced plans to build a $1.4M snowmobile grooming hub at Mount Carleton Provincial Park. The motivation for developing this infrastructure is to promote the tourism sector, increasing the number […]

Osgoode JD students help rural community challenge wind energy development

April 1, 2016Newsadministrative law, Blandings Turtle, CCSAGE, endangered species, Green Energy Act, judicial review, Ontario Energy Board, Prince Edward County, wind energyStepan

[Editor's note: This year five Osgoode JD students--Stephen Gray '16, Imelda Lo, Sabrina Molinari '17, Timon Sisic and Amanda Spitzig '18--volunteered their time and energy as part of the Osgoode Public Interest Requirement to help a rural community group prepare an application for judicial review of a wind energy project proposed for idyllic Prince Edward County, Ontario. Promoting renewable […]