NAFTA - Chapter 11 - Investment

Cases Filed Against the Government of Canada

St. Marys VCNA, LLC v. Government of Canada

On May 13, 2011, a US corporation, St. Marys VCNA, LLC (the “Investor”), served a Notice of Intent to Submit a Claim to Arbitration against the Government of Canada under the dispute settlement provisions of NAFTA Chapter 11. The Investor’s allegations concern various measures taken by the Government of Ontario, the City of Hamilton, the Town of Milton and the Halton Region affecting the Investor’s proposal to convert agricultural lands in the Hamilton region into an aggregate quarry.

Legal Documents (all documents are in pdf)

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• ARCHIVED - Notice of Intent (PDF Document - 284 KB) - May 13, 2011
• ARCHIVED - Second Notice of Intent (PDF Document - 3.79 MB) - March 23, 2012
• ARCHIVED - Notice of Arbitration (PDF Document - 1.09 MB) - September 14, 2011
• ARCHIVED - Brief outline (PDF Document - 4.19 MB) - August 31, 2012
• ARCHIVED - Consent Award (PDF Document - 9.56 MB) - March 29, 2013
• ARCHIVED - Report on Inadvertent Disclosure of Priviledged Documents (PDF Document - 5.52 MB) - December 27, 2012

Procedural Issues

• ARCHIVED - Procedural Order No. 1 (PDF Document - 4.28 MB) - September 10, 2012
• ARCHIVED - Confidentiality Order (PDF Document - 335 KB) - October 24, 2012

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