Alberta court decision a chance to fix flawed environmental impact assessment regime, says Green MP May

The government says it plans to appeal the May 10 Alberta Court of Appeal decision that found the Impact Assessment Act is unconstitutional because it infringes on provincial jurisdiction.

Green MP Elizabeth May says she was not surprised by a recent Alberta Court of Appeal judgment that said the federal Impact Assessment Act violates the Constitution.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

May 16, 2022

The Trudeau government says it will go to the Supreme Court of Canada to defend the 2019 environmental impact assessment law, but Green MP Elizabeth May says the Liberals should instead use the opportunity to fix the legislation by incorporating the expert advice Ottawa solicited, and then ignored, ...

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