Upshot on IAA amendments: constitutionality safe, if timid. About as advertised by Wilkinson and co. Will take time to unpack details & surprises (eg total hand off to CNSC and CER now possible?! See 43.1). S.22 factors intact. Fed assessment lives on. (Like the Leafs?) #cdnpoli

Amendments to fed IAA exhibit a cautious approach to correcting constitutional concerns expressed by Supreme Court of Canada. One aspect trends toward abdication: GHGs. While IAA structure unchanged, proposed amndmnts trim process, therefore weaken. Both sides victorious; no one happy #cdnpoli

And we’re back! What a delight and privilege it is to be back in the Yukon w ⁦Robert Hamilton⁩ teaching this year’s ⁦UCalgary Law⁩ intensive course on Modern Treaties and Indigenous Self-Government. We’re off to a wonderful start with a great program ahead. 🙏

It was an amazing day in Carcross YT today with ⁦UCalgary Law⁩ students learning and engaging deeply. Wonderful to get out and about in the community and on the land. A huge thank you to ⁦Carcross/Tagish FN⁩ for so warmly welcoming our class and sharing perspectives.

New Post: Two Decades of Nunavut Fisheries Litigation and the Meaning of “Special Consideration” ablawg.ca/2024/05/16/two…

Thanks to ⁦Ranj Pillai⁩, the Premier of Yukon, for spending an hour with our students today in our Yukon field course. (How cool is this? At ⁦UCalgary Law⁩, not only do you get to study Indigenous treaties in the Yukon, but you also get to be taught by Premiers!)

Unparalleled ⁦⁩classrooms North of 60. Week two of ⁦UCalgary Law⁩ Yukon course is underway and nothing short of amazing. A joy to be here with these engaged students and Profs Josh Nichols and ⁦Robert Hamilton⁩

Receiving this year’s Tidswell teaching excellence award is a tremendous honour. Serving as a law professor along side cherished colleagues and brilliant students is a dream come true, and I am continually grateful to all my colleagues, students and mentors along this path. 🙏

New Post: Can the Federal Government Compel the Provincial Authorities to Respect an Indigenous Right of Self-Government? ablawg.ca/2024/06/03/can…

TIER has the potential to attract hundreds of billions of dollars worth of investment to Alberta. Read Emma Dizon's op-ed on the importance of addressing some big challenges facing Alberta's carbon market. calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…

Big news; bug suit. Likely the first of many. Excellent podcast primer here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pla… California sues Exxon over global plastic pollution | Reuters reuters.com/business/envir…

There’s no such thing as a free Ton #ClimateEmergency #socialcostofcarbon

Here's our @Ablawg comment (w @jenniferkoshan @molszyns & @JWatsonHamilton) on the Mathur climate change decision of the Ont CA. The big lesson is that if a govt legislates wrt GHG emissions it must do so in a way that complies with the Charter. 1/2 #ableg

Read the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development reports 👉oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Engli…

New ⁦⁦ABlawg⁩ post re Bill C-5 / Building Canada Act. TL/DR - it sure ain’t impact assessment; it’s an unprecedented deregulation move in modern times. Serious risk that ‘move fast and make things’ results in ‘move fast and break things’. ablawg.ca/2025/06/10/bil…