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Climate Change litigation in Canada: Recent developments

JDSupra offre une belle photographie des litiges judiciaires canadiens occasionnés par le changement climatique : « Climate Change litigation in Canada: Recent developments » (15 novembre 2019). Je vous place ci-dessous les litiges concernant les entreprises, notamment celles du secteur énergétique.

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Litigation against energy companies

The British Columbia cities of Vancouver, Victoria, Richmond and Port Moody are all considering filing claims against large conventional energy companies, potentially as a class action. The City of Victoria had previously advanced a motion at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities calling for its members to explore a class action lawsuit “to recover costs arising from climate change from major fossil fuel companies.”

While the City of Victoria later withdrew its motion and a similar motion by the City of Port Moody was defeated, municipalities in British Columbia appear to be continuing to consider litigation. Victoria has obtained an internal legal opinion, and a British Columbia law firm intends to share a legal opinion on the viability of a claim against conventional energy companies with Victoria and Vancouver later this fall.

Several municipalities have also requested British Columbia enact legislation that would support a claim against conventional energy companies, as the provinces did for their claims against tobacco companies. Greenpeace Canada and West Coast Environmental Law Association previously assisted with drafting such a bill that was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, but was not enacted.

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