Having recently lost its constitutional challenge against federal carbon pricing in Canada’s top court, Alberta is still in the fight against Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act. Multibillion-dollar investments in resource and pipeline development are not all that is at stake. Provincial-federal relations and Western alienation are collateral issues in what promises to be an extended battle. ‘Sucker Punch’ Passed on June 21, 2019, Bill C-69 lengthened the review process for proposed energy projects by adding a new phase of consultation at the front end. The legislation allowed a wider range of interests to appeal proposed projects and called for “Indigenous knowledge” and the “intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors” in approvals. C-69 also gave cabinet the final say. Jason Kenney dubbed C-69 the “No More Pipelines Bill” before he became premier in April 2019, and promised a legal fight two months before the legislation passed. He …