Who decides on energy projects?

Do local, Indigenous, provincial, or federal governments have the final say on whether energy projects get built? There are no easy answers.

Plans for decarbonization of the energy system in Canada involve doubling Canada’s electricity infrastructure. More transmission lines will be built, and the question of “who decides?” will continue to come up, writes Stewart Fast. Photograph courtesy of Ian Muttoo

Opinion

BY STEWART FAST

January 17, 2018

Last month, the latest twist in the ongoing saga over pipeline politics in Canada took place in a hearing room of the National Energy Board. At issue was whether the City of Burnaby is obstructing federal approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion by dragging its feet on processing local byla...

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