Trudeau’s summer just got a lot more complicated after Federal Court decision on Northern Gateway

While the majority decision of the court lends support to the arguments that the Trudeau government has made about the inadequacy of the consultation process under the Harper government, it does put the pipeline approval process on the Trudeau cabinet's agenda about six months earlier than anticipated.

With this court decision on the Northern Gateway pipeline, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's summer just got a lot more complicated, writes Bruce Carson. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY BRUCE CARSON

July 11, 2016

OTTAWA—On the eve of Canada Day, June 30, the law firm acting for the seven First Nations contesting the Harper cabinet's approval of the Northern Gateway Pipeline released the Federal Court of Appeal decision made on June 23, 2016, which effectively quashed that approval. The court in a 2-1 decis...

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