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Follow us on TwitterWith some regularity, our firm is called upon to assist federal candidates who ran for office, but for one reason or another, their Official Agent failed to file a return, or other required report, on time. The federal Elections Act has procedures for extending the time to file, but if those are missed too, the only way to file after that is through a court order granting a nunc pro tunc (now for then) order. That is the order for an act to be done (filing, in this case) after the time has expired.
Posts by Paula Boutis
Calling all candidates and Official Agents: what do to if you ran for federal office but your Official Agent failed to do your electoral campaign return on time?
October 19th, 2011 by Paula BoutisOak Ridges Moraine Foundation makes application to the Environmental Commissioner under the Environmental Bill of Rights for review of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act and Plan
October 3rd, 2011 by Paula BoutisIn 2001, the Ontario government passed legislation protecting approximately 190,000 hectares of land known as the Oak Ridges Moraine. The Moraine is estimated to provide approximately 250,000 people with clean drinking water. It forms the headwaters of 65 streams flowing south the Lake Ontario and north to Lake Simcoe, Lake Scugog, Rice Lake and Georgian Bay.1
- See The Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation Fact Sheet (pdf). ↩
Citizens and the Ontario Municipal Board
June 10th, 2010 by Paula BoutisLast night I had the pleasure of attending the Sierra Club Peel’s annual celebration, where the Club highlighted the 5th anniversary of the creation of the Greenbelt, and efforts underway to expand the Greenbelt. As always, planning issues around the Greenbelt, and planning more generally, were a hot button issue.
As part of the provincial government’s raft of important planning initiatives around the time the Greenbelt was introduced, the government also headed the comments and concerns of citizens and municipalities that the battle to protect spaces and places was being lost by municipalities and their citizens at the Ontario Municipal Board.
Ten Years after the Walkerton Tragedy
May 27th, 2010 by Paula BoutisThe contamination of Walkerton’s well water has been back in the news lately as we are upon the 10 year anniversary of that community’s tragedy. The contamination of the water supply caused widespread illness in the community and even deaths.
The subsequent inquiry into the tragedy, lead by Justice Dennis O’Connor, dealt not only with the specific facts which lead to the contamination of the well water in Walkerton, but also with wider issues of concern regarding water safety and protection.
