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This summer, Ontario’s “Green Energy and Economy Act” (Bill 150) was approved by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Since that time, it has received international recognition as a model policy framework in sustainable energy policy. Declaring a bill as law, however, is only the first of many steps to transforming a policy proposal into legislation. To learn about one of the barriers – configuring the proposal into the existing legal framework – Environmental Law correspondent Naomi Jehlicka speaks with lawyer Elliot Smith, an Associate with Osler, Hoskin, and Harcourt LLP, which is involved with implementing the Act.

 

You can see the complete episode here: TGM #160: Legal Barriers to Green Legislation (October 23, 2009)