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Understanding carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Canada: An overview
Canada is well-positioned to be a leader in Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”).
Global | Publication | June 2018
Canada has introduced legislation providing a framework for regulated access to legal cannabis for recreational use. The proposed Cannabis Act1 provides for oversight of the legal cannabis industry, with the federal government establishing licensing and authorisation requirements for production, packaging and labelling, and provincial/territorial governments overseeing distribution and retail sales. It is widely expected the Cannabis Act will come into effect by July 2018. In anticipation of the legalisation of cannabis for recreational use, the provincial/territorial governments are also introducing new legislation to regulate, among other issues, its distribution and retail sale.
Elif Oral from our Quebec City presents an overview of just some of the issues facing the insurance industry as recreational cannabis becomes legal.
An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts (Bill C-45).
Of note on this issue, provincial insurance legislation in Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba has included the “innocent insured” exception as a legislative provision and limits fire exclusions by preventing fire coverage from being excluded except as specifically identified in its regulations. These regulations do not include an exclusion for a grow operation, only an exclusion for a criminal act that was “intended to bring about the loss or damage.” As the insured does not typically intend to burn down the house through a grow operation, in Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba, it is more likely than not the “Grow Operation” exclusion and even the “Criminal Activity/Act” exclusion would most likely not apply in cases where there was an accidental fire loss, regardless of a causal connection between the grow operation and the loss.
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Canada is well-positioned to be a leader in Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”).
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Hydrogen has long been of interest as a low emission or emission-free energy source. For Canada, its use, production, and transportation loom as a new energy disruptor. As a fuel, hydrogen is a clean power source that when combusted, produces no carbon dioxide emissions, only water vapour. Some methods used to produce hydrogen do, however, generate emissions.
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The ‘Omnibus package’ is due to be negotiated by the European Parliament and the Council. When initially published by the European Commission on 26 February 2025 (see our previous publication on this here), the Omnibus instantly drew attention in light of the significant changes it sought to introduce to the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D).
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