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Venetia E.K. Whiting

Associate

Associate |

T: 416.777.4895

Toronto

Whiting Venetia
 
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T: 416.777.4895


Toronto

  • Education
  • Bar Admissions
  • Recent Experience
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services
  • Recent Experience
  • Insights, News & Events
  • Related Services

Venetia Whiting is an environmental lawyer with experience across a range of sectors, including chemicals, transportation, manufacturing, energy and natural resources, real estate and agribusiness and food.

Venetia provides advice to clients on a full range of environmental issues, including issues relating to defending environmental prosecutions and class actions, contaminated property, responding to spills and environmental incidents, director and officer liability, waste management, and sewage and drinking water.

Over the course of her career, Venetia has developed expertise in guiding clients through compliance with complex regulatory issues, including the transportation of dangerous goods, the export and import of substances and products, and pest control products.

Venetia helps clients prepare for inspections and investigations by regulatory authorities, as well as civil and administrative proceedings (including orders) relating to environmental liability.

In the transactional context, Venetia acts for a range of parties, including buyers, sellers, lenders, investors and underwriters, assessing due diligence and environmental liability, and negotiating and drafting agreements.

Venetia is proud to be the Secretary of the Ontario Bar Association’s Environmental Law Section. Prior to joining Bennett Jones in Toronto, Venetia summered, articled and practiced in the firm’s Regulatory Group in Calgary.

Education

Brock University, BA, 2010, with First Class Honours Brock University, MA, 2011, Distinguished Graduate Student McGill University, BCL , 2014, Dean's Honour List  McGill University, LLB, 2014, Dean's Honour List  

Bar Admissions

Alberta, 2015 Ontario, 2016

Recent Experience

Stone Canyon Industries Holdings LLC and Kissner Group Holdings, as Canadian counsel, in their US$3.2-billion agreement to acquire K+S Aktiengesellschaft's North and South American salt business, including Morton Salt and Windsor Salt.
Assisting corporations and Boards of Directors concerning environmental and regulatory compliance issues and prosecutions in issues such as pipeline releases, tailings pond containment failures, and ozone depleting substances.
Acting for owners, previous owners and neighbours in contaminated sites.
Assisting manufacturers of pesticides with amendments, re-evaluations, discontinuations and cancellations of products under the federal Pest Control Products Act and provincial statutes.
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, with the $3.3-billion acquisition of Heritage Royalty Limited Partnership, a former subsidiary of Cenovus Energy Inc. holding a broad portfolio of oil and gas royalty properties in Western Canada. Assessing potential risks associated with royalty properties in several provincial jurisdictions.

Insights, News & Events

Announcements

Bennett Jones Advises on $3.2-Billion Agreement to Acquire K+S Americas Salt Business, Including Morton Salt and Windsor Salt

October 05, 2020
       

Blog

Updates to COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Economic Stimulus for Canadian Businesses

July 23, 2020
       

Blog

Eat, Drink, and Be Aware: A Primer for Re-Opening Ontario Food and Drink Establishments

June 17, 2020
       

Blog

Updated Considerations for Agribusiness, Food and Beverage Companies Navigating COVID-19 in Canada

May 15, 2020
       

Blog

New Exemptions and Specific Requirements for Producing and Transporting Hand Sanitizer During COVID-19

April 15, 2020
       

Blog

COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Economic Stimulus for Canadian Businesses

April 09, 2020
       

Blog

Top 5 Considerations for Agribusiness, Food and Beverage Companies Navigating the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada

April 07, 2020
       

Blog

An Overview of Mandatory Closures and Restrictions on Businesses Across Canada in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 27, 2020
       

Blog

Ontario to Simplify Pesticide Management

November 08, 2019
       

Updates

Sea Change: The Canadian Navigable Waters Act

February 22, 2018
       

Updates

Reshaping Canada’s Project Assessment Regime—Bill 69’s Ambitious Blueprint

February 20, 2018
       

Articles

Emerging Trends in Environmental Class Actions in Canada

November 2017
       

Articles

Recent Court Decisions on Quantification of Environmental Damages

October 2017
       

Blog

One Wrong Turn

September 19, 2017
       

Blog

The Kawartha Lakes Saga Continues: Oil Spills and the Dangers of DIY

August 03, 2017
       

Blog

Issues to "Bee" Determined: Federal Court Dismisses Preliminary Motions

July 24, 2017
       

Updates

Proposed Oil Tanker Moratorium Act—Defining Canada's Pacific Gateway

May 23, 2017
       

Speaking Engagements

CANECT - Canadian Environmental Conference and Tradeshow

May 01, 2017
       

Blog

Corporations are People Too! Ontario Court Confirms that Corporations Have a Right to a Speedy Trial

April 10, 2017
       

Blog

Post-Midwest: Section 99(2) of the EPA Proves a Powerful Tool

March 14, 2017
       

Blog

Shepherding in a New Era in Section 11(b) Rights

January 09, 2017
       

Blog

Northern Gateway: British Columbia must Issue its Own Approval and Consult with First Nations

February 22, 2016
       

Blog

Interim Approach for Environmental Assessments

February 22, 2016
       

Updates

Northern Gateway: BC Supreme Court Rules that British Columbia Must Issue its Own EA Decision and Consult First Nations

February 09, 2016
       

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