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Government of Canada

Appears in 13 cases in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.

Case	Role	Country	Period	Instrument
Trans Mountain pipeline insurers (Canada)	Owner since 2018; guarantor of the credit facility	Canada	2018–2024	Insurance declined or withdrawn
Lac-Mégantic rail disaster (Quebec)	Contributed C$75 million to the settlement fund	Canada	2012–2026	Insurance, liability and compensation funds
Alberta orphan wells and mine liabilities	Source of federal funding (2020) and loans	Canada	2002	Liability shifting (spin-offs, bankruptcy, closure bonds)
Québec caribou emergency order and the 17 percent protection target	Began the emergency-order process	Canada	2020–2026	Protected area / relocation
Alberta orphan wells, closure liabilities and the Redwater ruling	Source of federal funding (2020) and loans	Canada	2002	Liability shifting (spin-offs, bankruptcy, closure bonds)
Alberta and Ottawa tie new oil pipeline to Pathways carbon capture plan	Party to the November 2025 agreement; federal tax credit	Canada	2025	Carbon capture and climate intervention
Soviet nuclear satellite Cosmos 954 crashes in Canada; USSR pays C$3m in 1981	Claimant for damage from Cosmos 954	Canada	1978–1981	Space debris and re-entry
Canada's Giant Mine arsenic cleanup cost rises to CAD 4.38 billion	Federal government funding the remediation	Canada	1948–2038	Mining
Giant Mine cleanup cost in Yellowknife rose to 4.38 billion Canadian dollars	Bears the federal cost of the cleanup	Canada	1999–2022	Mining
Ruby River seeks $588m-$1bn from Canada over rejected Québec LNG plant	respondent	Canada	2021	Pipeline
Westmoreland's claim over Alberta coal exit dismissed; company ordered to pay costs	respondent	Canada	2024	Oil, gas and coal operations
About 100 tonnes of iron released off Haida Gwaii in 2012 ocean experiment	Environment ministry searched in 2013; no charges recorded	Canada	2012–2013	Finance, funds and markets
Canada narrowed federal environmental reviews in 2012 and again in 2025	Federal government; subject of the 2012 assessment law and Bill C-5	Canada	2012–2025	Law, regulation and treaties

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Bonds and banking

Guarantee: A commitment by a third party, often a development bank, to pay if the borrower does not.
Liquidation, insolvency, bankruptcy: Legal processes that apply when a company cannot pay its debts; its assets are sold and claims against it may go unpaid.