Western Canada: Making sense of the Supreme Court’s environment ruling

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith called the court’s decision a big win, but there remains a great deal of uncertainty about what happens now

that the federal Impact Assessment Act, which allowed Ottawa to regulate large energy projects in order to protect Indigenous peoples and the environment, is an unconstitutional overreach into provincial jurisdiction.

“We will follow the guidance of the court and collaborate with provinces and Indigenous groups to ensure an impact assessment process that works for all Canadians,” said Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault at a news conference. “Alberta will simply not accept being handcuffed by Ottawa’s unfair overreach with another blatant attempt to erode and emasculate the rights and constitutional authority of the provinces as equal and sovereign orders of government,” she said.

While the ruling does mean that projects already going through the assessment process will continue to be reviewed under the current law, The Globe’s: “the wide gulf between how Ottawa interprets this Supreme Court ruling and how Alberta views it could inhibit the start or financing of major projects in Canada.

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