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The forest products industry is one of Canada’s most venerable, generating more than 10% of the country’s manufacturing gross domestic product and employing nearly a quarter-million Canadians. Heavily regulated and facing increasingly complex challenges and regulatory environments, the forest products industry and the pulp and paper sector are challenged at home and abroad. Global competitors, higher costs, Indigenous claims and strict environmental regulations are all converging to make the landscape increasingly difficult to navigate. Forestry businesses, resolute about creating greater value turn to McMillan LLP for advice on how to remain in compliance with forest policy and law, while remaining economically and environmentally sustainable.
McMillan’s Forest Products Industry Group has represented the complete range of clients for more than 70 years. Our clients include integrated forest products companies, value-added secondary manufacturers, harvesting and silviculture contractors, timber landowners, investors and underwriters. The work we undertake for our clients encompasses operational, transactional and regulatory matters that are vital to their competitive success. Our deep experience with forest law allows us to help our clients focus on growth and innovation while feeling secure in the knowledge that their legal, regulatory and transactional needs are in capable hands.
Our Forest Products team is widely recognized as one of the best in the country and is seamlessly supported by experts from other McMillan practice areas, such as the Employment and Labour Relations, Tax, Litigation, Energy, Competition and Trade, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets, Financial Services, Real Estate and Indigenous Law groups.
Our forestry lawyers know what it takes to help forest product, and pulp and paper companies remain profitable while adapting to ongoing challenges posed by environmental and regulatory regimes. Using our astute knowledge of forest policy and law, we advise forest products and pulp and paper companies on all aspects of their ongoing operations, including contractual arrangements and day-to-day regulatory compliance issues. We also serve as legal counsel for financing initiatives, including acquisitions, divestitures, public and private debt and equity financings, and securities offerings.
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Don’t Wing It – Implications for Project Proponents under Canada’s Species at Risk Act
This bulletin discusses the application of the Species at Risk Act, a federal environmental statute whose potential impact on private parties is overlooked.
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May 31, 2023
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New Mandatory Reporting Requirement for Businesses: Canada’s Modern Anti-Slavery Bill Becomes Law
Canada imposes new reporting obligations on forced labour, and what it means for Canadian businesses.
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May 3, 2023
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Budget Foreshadows Significant Changes to Federal Transportation Regulation
On March 28th, the Government of Canada tabled its 2023 Budget, which foreshadows significant proposed changes to the federal transportation regulatory regime.
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Apr 12, 2023
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Québec Industrial Establishments Face Substantial Increase To Environmental Discharge Fees
This bulletin provides an overview of certain regulatory amendments that would increase fees for Québec industrial establishments.
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Mar 15, 2023
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Canada Enacts New Reporting Requirements under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
This bulletin highlights key new reporting requirements under the federal Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.
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Feb 8, 2023
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Can they really do that? Understanding the limits of governmental permitting and compliance powers
While every company strives to achieve constructive relations with regulators, sometimes this is not enough. In such cases, understanding the rules that apply to regulators and the limits of their powers can be essential to levelling the playing field.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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Are First Nation Shared Decision-Making and Collaboration Agreements Being Used Illegally?
What do non-treaty agreements mean for people or companies that may be affected by them.
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Aug 9, 2022
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Developers Beware: Changes to O. Reg. 242/08 Under the Endangered Species Act and What They Mean for Projects Already Underway
Companies may be affected by updated requirements under the Endangered Species Act, including prohibitions on harming new species at risk and related exemptions.
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Jul 5, 2022
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Jurisdictional Battle Over The Environment Continues – Canada’s Impact Assessment Legislation Found Unconstitutional
On May 10, 2022, the Alberta Court of Appeal ruled that the federal Impact Assessment Act and related Physical Activities Regulations are unconstitutional.
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May 25, 2022
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ESG in Canada: What We Learned in 2021 and Looking Ahead to 2022
In this rapidly evolving business environment, this report from McMillan’s ESG Initiative offers companies and business leaders in Canada an essential overview of ESG developments in regulations, laws and norms that have occurred over the last year.
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Mar 4, 2022
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Taking Stock of Governance — Understanding Emerging ESG, Regulatory, and Market Trends
Taking Stock of Governance — Understanding Emerging ESG, Regulatory, and Market Trends
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May 26, 2021
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Taking Stock of Governance — Understanding Emerging ESG, Regulatory, and Market Trends (adapted to the Province of Québec)
Taking Stock of Governance — Understanding Emerging ESG, Regulatory, and Market Trends (adapted to the Province of Québec)
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May 26, 2021
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Expropriation of Contaminated Land: a Tug-of-War of Competing Interests in the “Fair Market” Valuation
A standard determination of the market value of expropriated property can be a contentious, drawn out process where the property is environmentally contaminated
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Aug 21, 2019
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