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UCalgary Law grad and PILC mainstay Daniella Marchand became a lawyer this week. Well done, Daniella!

And the records themselves can be obtained through the (also slow) ATIA re-release system here: open.canada.ca/en/search/ati/…

An important story we only get because of access to information law - and we also get this story so late because our access to information system is so slow.

Canada has banned conversion therapy. CPLEA will host a virtual panel June 1 at 1:30PM to discuss political, legal, psycho-social, youth and lived experience perspectives on this law. Register for this free webinar at cplea.ca/ban.

@jennierussell_ And Clayton chose not to renew her term as Commissioner a couple months ago and. This is a very unfortunate time for the government to be appointing a new commissioner.

A spokesperson for the office of info commissioner Jill Clayton confirmed she has received the requests. One staffer we spoke to said they will comply with any investigation by Clayton. #ableg #abpoli #cdnfoi

Almost all the conduct described in this reporting is illegal under section 92 of FOIP.

The OWA (to their credit) was quick to explain: these are the pipelines from the Sanling liquidation now entering the orphan inventory, and the OWA anticipated this addition to the inventory. These pipelines are expected to cost around $5,000 each to clean-up.

The Orphan Well Association's inventory grew from April 2022 to May 2022, rising by around 135 sites and a surprising 1,200 pipelines. I'll follow up if I can find out why!

New post: Choice vs Coercive Control: The Alberta Court of Appeal Decision in R v Naslund ablawg.ca/2022/04/29/cho…

Grosse semaine pour le CN. D'abord, ce mépris répété du français lapresse.ca/affaires/entre… Ensuite, ce saccage d'un milieu humide lapresse.ca/actualites/env…

If that's making progress, I'd hate to see what a Management plan that fails looks like. This shows a weakness in legislated reporting requirements: the departments report late, and the reports created tend towards overly optimistic press releases.

Which is wrong: two of the species are now more endangered than they were in 2009. In May 2015, COSEWIC reassessed the Warmouth as "Endangered", and the Pugnose Minnow was up-listed to threatened in 2019. The other two species remain in the "special concern" category.

Another odd day on Canada's Species at Risk Registry, with The Report on the Progress of Management Plan Implementation for the Blackstripe Topminnow, Pugnose Minnow, Spotted Sucker, and Warmouth in Canada for the Period 2009 to 2015 (species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#…) ...

@BankesNigel This reminds me: what happened with the panel on "Addressing Legacy and Post-closure Sites". Those sites aren't part of the OWA system. aer.ca/regulating-dev…

The 2022/2023 Orphan Fund Levy for orphan oil and gas infrastructure has been set at $72 million (note $30 million of it will pay back existing government loans). aer.ca/regulating-dev… That's far too low to make progress on the orphan well problem, as we explained:

New post: Alberta Extends the Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service Regulation for Another 5 Years ablawg.ca/2022/04/11/alb…

Hey UCalgary Law students! Good luck on your exams! @LawDeanHolloway

@JZThinAir The letter (top of page 2) says DFO responded on Feb 17, 2022. Was a record release not provided at that time?

Here's how we do "Access to Information" in #Canada, especially with #DFO. After getting caught editing peer-reviewed science, now we're being told we have to apply for a Federal Court review to get access to public information. Freedom of information isn't free. #cdnpoli