Environment

Toronto’s Island Airport battle: the power of community

August 13th, 2026 by Brian Iler

Dedicated activists came together to protect 210 acres of land that includes a vibrant waterfront and a public park. Will this be the last time that Doug Ford tries to bring jets to the Island Airport? Continue reading “Toronto’s Island Airport battle: the power of community”

Community Bonds and the Ontario Not for Profit Corporations Act:

November 29th, 2022 by Iler Campbell LLP

Not‑for‑profits across the sector increasingly rely on financing their projects through community bonds. Community bonds are social finance tools like traditional bonds. Community bonds generally have a fixed interest rate and a fixed maturity date. Continue reading “Community Bonds and the Ontario Not for Profit Corporations Act:”

Who do we remember on Remembrance Day?

November 9th, 2022 by Ken Farrell

Constant economic growth demands sacrifices from people and communities who benefit very little from capitalism’s greed.

A field of poppies. Credit: Marten Bjork / Unsplash

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Court order gives Mi’kmaw fishers temporary protections, but what are the next steps?

October 29th, 2020 by Safia Lakhani

This article was first published on rabble.ca.

This publication and others have written about the shocking acts of violence and intimidation toward Mi’kmaw lobster fishers in Nova Scotia following the inauguration of a fishery in St. Mary’s Bay by the Sipekne’katik First Nation in September 2020. Continue reading “Court order gives Mi’kmaw fishers temporary protections, but what are the next steps?”

Climate in election 2015: The time for action is now

August 27th, 2015 by Brian Iler

In 1990, Greenpeace published Global Warming: The Greenpeace Report. It’s a serious work, some 480 pages written by a host of highly qualified scientists and policy analysts.

Perusing the book now is a chilling experience: even then, the scientific evidence it sets out in detail was more than clear, and the book’s call for urgent and drastic cuts to our greenhouse gas emissions has essentially been ignored for the past 25 years.

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Fighting it out on the ice: Canadian Bar Association skates into (and then out of) huge Chevron vs Ecuadorian villagers court battle

October 30th, 2014 by Kirsten Iler

A storm of controversy erupted amongst Canadian lawyers when the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) decided to intervene in Chevron’s appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. The appeal is part of Chevron’s battle against Ecuadorian Indigenous peoples who seek to enforce a massive court judgment against the company for environmental damage in Ecuador. Amid increasing pressure, the CBA ultimately decided not to intervene. However, the event speaks to an apparent divide within the legal profession: around the relationship and importance of corporate law principles (such as the corporate veil), corporate accountability, and access to and the administration of justice.

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