The Managing Editors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Bennett Jones in the production of this Issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly.
On February 8, 2018, after nearly two years of expert panel and parliamentary committee review, the federal Liberal government tabled Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. […]
As this issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly goes to press, the federal Parliament is proceeding with legislation that would radically restructure the regulatory framework for major energy projects under federal jurisdiction, including in particular interprovincial and international pipelines […]
Traditionally most decisions relating to the energy system have been in the hands of provincial or federal authorities. However a number of trends point to a growing authority on the part of municipal governments and Indigenous governments […]
In early December 2017, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released a new edition of Directive 067: Eligibility Requirements for Acquiring and Holding Energy Licences and Approvals (New Directive).1 The New Directive makes several significant changes to the previous version of […]