Convicted – Jason Geil and Geil Style Enterprises Inc.

Court Location – Kitchener

Description of Offence – The convictions are for failing to comply with a Provincial Officer’s Order by:

• failing to retain the services of a qualified person as required
• failing to provide written confirmation to the ministry that a qualified person had been retained as required
• failing to have a qualified person prepare and submit reports to the ministry as required
• failing to register a certificate of requirement on title to the land registry office as required

Date of Offence – Various dates beginning on or about February 6, 2023, and ending on or about July 19, 2024.

Date of Conviction – August 19, 2025

Penalties Imposed –

• Jason Geil was convicted of four violations under the Environmental Protection Act, fined $14,000 plus a victim fine surcharge of $3,500, and given 15 days to pay.

• Geil Style Enterprises Inc. was convicted of four violations under the Environmental Protection Act, fined $47,000, plus a victim fine surcharge of $11,750, and given 15 days to pay.

• As part of sentencing, the court issued an Order to the defendants under Section 190 of the Environmental Protection Act requiring the defendants to cease accepting waste at the site immediately, complete work as outlined in the January 2023 Provincial Officer’s Order, and complete several other action items by various compliance deadlines.

Background –

• Geil Style Enterprises Inc. owns a property on Roseville Road in Cambridge, Ontario. Jason Geil is the sole director of the company.

• In November 2020, the ministry issued a Provincial Officer’s Order to the defendants followed by a Director’s Order in December 2020 after numerous complaints were received alleging that large quantities of waste and excess soil were being accepted at the site.
• Amongst other requirements, the Orders required the defendants to retain a qualified person to submit reports to the ministry assessing the site conditions and the potential for off-site impacts resulting from the waste and excess soil deposited at the site.

• The defendants retained a qualified person to complete the required reports which were submitted to the ministry in December 2021. The qualified person also recommended that additional work be completed at the site to address potential on and off-site impacts resulting from infilling activities that had been occurring at the site since 2004.

• As a result of the recommendations, the ministry issued a second Provincial Officer’s Order to the defendants in January 2023 requiring the defendants to complete the following:
  • Cease receiving waste and excess soil at the site
  • Retain a qualified person to prepare and submit a detailed soil sampling and groundwater monitoring plan to the ministry assessing the current soil and groundwater conditions and the potential for off-site adverse effects
  • Ensure a certificate of requirement was registered on title to the site and at the land registry office
  • Provide written confirmation of the above to the ministry as well as the sampling plan, results of the sampling, and any potential contaminants

• The ministry did not receive any further communication from the defendants following the issuance of the Order. The defendants therefore failed to comply with the Order by the deadline.

• The ministry’s Environmental Investigations and Enforcement Branch investigated and laid charges which resulted in the convictions.

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