The Alberta Court of Appeal says the federal government’s environmental impact law is unconstitutional.
The act, given royal assent in 2019, lists activities that trigger an impact review and allows Ottawa to consider the effects of new resource projects on a range of environmental and social issues, including climate change. It adds that legitimate concerns about the environment and climate change should not override the division of power.
“The federal environmental assessment regime … prohibits projects … that may have effects in federal jurisdiction — on fish and fish habitat, aquatic species, migratory birds, on federal lands or federally funded projects, between provinces, outside Canada and with respect to Indigenous peoples,” she wrote.
Here we go again, more taxpayers $ going to be wasted taking this to the SC. They need to rename the AAC to the Alberta Conservative Appeals Court (ACAC) with a term ending when the UCP lose the next election.
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