Supreme Court’s Impact Assessment Act ruling not a repudiation of federal power over climate protection, MPs and experts say, but urgent fix needed for law

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the government 'wants to ensure clarity and certainty for investment in projects this country needs,' with Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson saying the Supreme Court's concerns can be dealt with 'in a relatively surgical way.'
Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner, left, and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling that parts of the federal government's Impact Assessment Act are unconstitutional, ministers, MPs, and experts say that adjustments to the legislation need to move as quickly as possible to provide the energy industry with certainty and...

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