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A Municipality’s Obligation to Comply with the Endangered Species Act: A Summary of The Corporation of the Municipality of Marmora and Lake v. His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario

June 27, 2025 | Joanna Vince, Partner and Certified Specialist in Environmental Law, Alessia Petricone-Westwood, Partner, Candice Gomes, Articling Student, and Julia Singer, Summer Law Student, Willms & Shier

Introduction

What happens when legal duties under different legislation appear to conflict? In a recent case, The Corporation of the Municipality of Marmora and Lake v. His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario, 2024 ONSC 2254 ,the Municipality of Marmora and Lake (the “Municipality”) considered this question when its required road maintenance work allegedly disturbed an endangered species and its habitat.

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