Supreme Court majority rules against federal environmental impact law

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The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday against federal legislation on the environmental effects of major developments, with five out of seven judges finding most of it unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate activities within provincial juris

Chief Justice Richard Wagner, writing for the majority, said the law as written could regulate activities that are provincial business, instead of restricting itself to environmental effects that are within Ottawa's power to oversee.

"It is difficult to envision a proposed major project in Canada that would not involve any of the activities that 'may' cause at least one of the enumerated effects,' he wrote. " needs to tighten the act up to reflect how the federal government actually does environmental assessment.""That would allow the federal government to decide on effects outside its jurisdiction."

 

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