The Supreme Court of Canada will hear a federal appeal this week trying to push through what’s often called the “No More Pipelines Act.”
The bill, C-69, is officially called the 2019 Impact Assessment Act (IAA), though former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney gave it its other monicker. It gives the federal government more power over approval for energy projects, in part, based on the government’s assessment of impacts related to greenhouse gas emissions.
Kenney called it a “federal sucker punch” and a “disaster for Alberta’s economy” before launching a legal fight against it.
It became law in June 2019, but in May 2022 Alberta’s top court said it was unconstitutional. Though that decision was not binding on the federal government, the federal government announced an appeal to the Supreme Court in July 2022. Canada’s top court is set to hear that appeal this week….