The Alberta Court of Appeals said wider public concerns should have been heard before an energy services company was permitted to dispose of radioactive waste in a landfill.

Sonya Savage says that a review of the system has shown that at times it takes too long for Alberta's energy regulator to make decisions on whether to allow an oil and gas project to proceed.

In a speech that heavily criticized "green left urban militants," Premier Jason Kenney insisted his government is the one that has the best interests of First Nations at heart because it supports building major energy projects.