Why didn’t Ottawa oppose challenges of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in court?

OTTAWA — Perhaps the most surprising part of this week’s court ruling allowing six challenges of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to proceed was a section near the end of the decision that said the government had taken no position on the matter.It also seems to have surprised Federal Court of Appeal Justice David Stratas, who wrote in his decision, released Wednesday, that the federal government “offered no submissions or evidence to assist the Court.

James Coleman, an energy law professor at Southern Methodist University in Texas, who previously worked at the University of Calgary, said Ottawa’s decision was unusual and wondered if the Liberal government was trying to avoid controversy ahead of an election. “Certainly it provides ammunition to folks who say the government is not trying to provide certainty in terms of energy transport,” he said.

In April, the National Post reported that the new principles guiding litigation involving Indigenous groups had earned criticism within the justice department from those who felt their effect was to instruct government lawyers to litigate badly. Sohi’s office did not say whether the decision on the Trans Mountain case was motivated by the principles of the directive.

This is what happens when you have no arguments. ridiculous canpoli

Because they pretended to support it

We know why 😡

answer :

Ottawa doesn’t want any pipelines built or operational!!

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