Cold Lake First Nations has gone to Federal Court seeking judicial review of Ottawa's decision to designate the Pacific Link pipeline a national-interest project.
Designation fast-tracks; Nations say it fast-tracks past them. Courts now referee where consultation ends and imposition begins.
Resource fights feel distant until the precedents land: every ruling on Indigenous consultation reshapes every project everywhere — including the ones threading near the 6ix.
Sources: CBC News. Context from the Young Hadene newsroom.
Judicial review voiding the national-interest designation.
It sets consultation precedent for every megaproject.