Canada’s Supreme Court Voids Most of Trudeau Environment Law
- Government vows to revamp measure to address court’s concerns
- Industry group says it will work on ensuring projects proceed
Construction on the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project at the Burnaby Terminal tank farm in the province of British Columbia.
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A law passed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to review major resource and infrastructure projects was largely struck down by Canada’s top court, which ruled it intrudes on the rights of provinces.
The law, known as the Impact Assessment Act, had been opposed by Canada’s oil industry, which argued that it increased the complexity of the approval process for major projects like pipelines and gave too much weight to input from parties that aren’t directly affected by the projects.