Enhanced Soil Organic Carbon
The federal offset protocols are only intended to apply in those
Canadian provinces and territories that do not address the same
project activity through an existing regional offset program. Since
the Minister is expected to recognize many of the common offset
regimes currently enacted by provinces and territories (including
those dealing with the production of renewable energy from wind or
solar), it makes sense for the federal government to concentrate on
finalizing these less common protocols.
b. Application Criteria
A project description, including location, start date, BAU and
project scenarios
An estimate of the total GHG reductions to be achieved by the
Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. (Bellatrix) obtained protection under
the
Companies
Creditors Arrangement Act
(Canada) (CCAA). At the time of the CCAA filing, Bellatrix was
party to certain contracts with an energy producer (EP) for the
purchase and sale of natural gas (Contract). Bellatrix sought to
disclaim the Contract and cease delivery of natural gas to the
EP.
The EP argued that the disclaimer notice provided by Bellatrix was
invalid because the Contract constituted an eligible financial
contract (EFC) for the purposes of the CCAA. Under section 32(9) of
the CCAA, a debtor company is not permitted to disclaim contracts
that are EFCs. Pursuant to the express terms of the Contract, the
Welcome to the February issue of
Blakes Competitive
Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group.
Blakes
Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments
in Canadian competition law, including updates on enforcement
activity by the Canadian Competition Bureau (Bureau), recent
initiatives and key trends.
Key Highlights
The number of completed reviews in January 2021 (15) is only 13
per cent lower than the number of completed reviews from January
2020 (17) and 27 per cent lower than the number of completed
reviews from January 2019 (19), continuing to suggest that the
number of filings is recovering after the reduction in filings
observed in 2020 as a result of COVID-19.
The Government of Canada recently announced changes to the monetary thresholds to determine whether a review is required under the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act.
In a statement issued by the Superintendent
released on July 13, 2020, OSFI signalled a gradual restart of
OSFI s policy development work in the fall of 2020. On August
31, 2020, OSFI announced in a series of letters issued to industry that it
would unwind certain of the temporary measures put in place at the
beginning of the pandemic, including a gradual phaseout of the
special capital treatment of loan and insurance premium payment
deferrals that was provided to banks and insurers.
On December 12, 2020, OSFI announced that the domestic stability buffer
would remain at one per cent of total risk-weighted assets, stating
that DSB reduction in March continues to be effective and