Impact Assessment Act
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Project progress under Impact Assessment Act remains slow: reportThe approvals process for major projects in Canada continues to be slow and cumbersome under revamped environmental assessment legislation, according to a new report.CanadaMay 1
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Ontario blames Ottawa for potential delays to Highway 413 constructionThe Ford government has laid the blame for potential delays to its central election promise to build Highway 413 at the feet of the federal government.PoliticsApr 4
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Hearings begin before Supreme Court on federal environmental impact assessment lawAlberta is particularly concerned about the effect the law might have on its ability to export its oil through pipelines.CanadaMar 21
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Alberta Appeal Court says federal environmental impact law not OKThe Alberta government, calling it a Trojan Horse, had challenged the Impact Assessment Act over what the province argued was its overreach into provincial powers.PoliticsMay 10, 2022
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Alberta to argue in court that feds’ Impact Assessment Act is unconstitutionalThe Alberta government is in court fighting against the federal government's law on environmental assessment. Arguments in Alberta's Court of Appeal are expected to last all week.PoliticsFeb 22, 2021
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Future pipelines have to be carbon neutral by 2050, new rules sayThe federal government today is finalizing the rules for how climate change will be considered in environmental reviews of major national projects.CanadaJul 16, 2020
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First Nation interveners will weigh in on both sides in Alberta challenge to Bill C-69Alberta's top court is allowing a dozen submissions to be heard from advocacy groups and First Nations in the province's constitutional challenge to Ottawa's revamped environmental assessment rules.Mar 4, 2020
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Alberta government asks Court of Appeal whether Bill C-69 is constitutionalThe United Conservative government has asked the Appeal Court of Alberta whether Ottawa's new environmental assessment process for major construction projects like pipelines is constitutional.CanadaSep 10, 2019
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Bill C-69 enters into law, and Alberta’s UCP government says it plans constitutional challengeThe federal government's contentious bill to set up a new authority to assess industrial projects like pipelines, mines and inter-provincial highways, was proclaimed into law on Wednesday and Alberta's UCP government responded swiftly.EconomyAug 29, 2019
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Senate hearing on Bill C-69 makes stop in SaskatoonA Senate committee made a stop in Saskatoon to hold a public hearing on Bill C-69, which would change how resource developments are reviewed.CanadaApr 11, 2019
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