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Oct 31, 2025
CBA National Magazine: Young claimants take CPP to court over climate risks
Carol Liao, chair of the Canadian Climate Law Initiative and co-director of UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice, says the case shows that climate change isn’t a distant ethical issue.
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Sep 17, 2025
CBC News: Joly says Teck, Anglo CEOs will have to convince her merger is in national interest
The companies could enter into legally binding undertakings with the government to ensure approval, said Camden Hutchison, director of the University of British Columbia’s Centre for Business Law.
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Jul 15, 2025
Vancouver Sun: Why accident victims face an uphill battle challenging ICBC decisions under no-fault insurance system
“It is challenging for self-represented litigants to navigate the court system of appeal and judicial review,” agreed Sam Beswick, a professor at the UBC law school. “It’s a complex practice that presupposes legal training and skill.”
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Jun 27, 2025
Canada's National Observer: A tale of two pension funds: one abandons net-zero, the other doubles down on climate action
“This is what credible climate-aligned governance looks like in practice, and the contrast between CDPQ and CPPIB couldn't be starker,” said Carol Liao, an associate professor at the University of British Columbia’s Allard Law School, co-director of the UBC Centre for Climate Justice, and chair of the Canada Climate Law Initiative.
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May 14, 2025
Waterloo Region Record: Parkland-Sunoco deal comes amid fraught U.S.-Canada relations, resource nationalism
It would be highly unusual for the federal government to reject a takeover, said Camden Hutchison, who teaches corporate law at the University of British Columbia.
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May 12, 2025
CBC News: These Canadian millionaires are asking for tax increases — but just for themselves
"I think there's anxiety about doing anything that might signal anything that would cause people with money to think, Oh, well, Canada is not a good place," said David Duff, director of the Tax LLM (Master of Laws) program at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.
