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This Chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Environmental Law provides an overview of environmental law and policy in Canada by Environmental Law Specialists Donna Shier and John Willms.

Topics include agencies administering and enforcing environmental law, environmental permits, waste, contaminated land, liabilities, powers of regulators, reporting and disclosure obligations, emissions trading and climate change and environmental insurance.

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