Alberta's Court of Appeal has ruled Ottawa's Impact Assessment Act is still unconstitutional — even after the feds rewrote it following the Supreme Court's 2023 demolition of the original.
The court says the revised law still tramples provincial jurisdiction over resources and environment. Expect another Supreme Court chapter in the endless federation stress test.
Every pipeline, port and housing mega-project in the 6ix lives or dies on these same assessment rules. When Alberta and Ottawa fight over who approves what, Toronto builds slower and pays more.
Sources: CBC News. Context from the Young Hadene newsroom.
That Ottawa's rewritten Impact Assessment Act still infringes provincial jurisdiction.
Likely another Supreme Court of Canada battle.