Tougher Environmental Enforcement Measures Now In Place.

Mondaq Business BriefingNbr. 2011, January 2011

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Tougher Environmental Enforcement Measures Now In Place.

Reprinted with the permission of Miller Thomson LLP (*originally published in December 2010)

On December 10, 2010 many sections of Canada's Environmental Enforcement Act ("EEA") came into force. The EEA amends the offence, sentencing, penalty, and enforcement provisions of nine federal environmental statutes in the following respects:

Prescribing minimum fines;

Increasing fines up to $12 million;

Doubling penalties for second offen...

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