Forestry Law 2020


Course Date: October 15, 2020

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 1min
Course Agenda ▼

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Highlights of Changes in BC Forest Law in 2020 (9:10 – 9:30)

Status of BC's forestry industry in 2020, including:

  • the current state of the forestry industry in the Province
  • recent developments in the markets for forest products
  • trends concerning investments and transactions in the forestry sector

Highlights of recent developments in forestry law, including:

  • the introduction of Bill 22
  • amendments and changes to other key forestry legislation
  • recent court decisions of interest

Robin Longe — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Thomas J. Moran — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver

Overview of Crown Timber Tenure Regulation in BC (9:30 – 10:25)

  • legislative overview (the Forest Act, FRPA, and the Wildfire Act)
  • stumpage
  • BC timber sales
  • Bill 13
  • planning

Jeffery B. Waatainen — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:25 – 10:45)

The Province's Claim to Timber from Private Managed Forests—Analysis of Selkirk Mountain Forest's Judicial Review (10:45 – 11:25)

Amy B. Pressman — DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Vancouver

Negotiating First Nations Forestry Arrangements (11:25 – 12:05)

  • DRIPA implementation of ss. 3 and 7 requiring legislative/policy reform and consent    
  • shifts in policy mandate from FCRSA—Foundation and Pathway Agreements
  • Legislative Reform—First Nations co-development of forest policy, including legislative and regulatory review

Tamara Napoleon — Miller Titerle + Co., Vancouver

LUNCH (12:05 – 12:45)

Perspective of In-house Counsel (12:45 – 1:20)

Xenia Kritsos — General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Interfor Corporation, Vancouver

Litigation Update: Wildfire Act/Best Practices for Conducting an Opportunity to be Heard Under the Forest and Range Practices Act (1:20 – 1:55)

  • how to prepare for an Opportunity to Be Heard
  • putting "opportunity" into an Opportunity to Be Heard
  • safeguarding clients from the Wildfire Act

Brook Greenberg — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (1:55 – 2:15)

Case Law Roundup: Recent Decisions of Interest (2:15 – 3:15)

  • a summary of recent decisions from BC's courts and the FAC

Daniel R. Bennett, QC — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
Sarah McCalla — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion (3:15 – 3:30)