EDMONTON—Alberta’s Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors Devin Dreeshen has been given the green light by his federal counterpart to forego assessments required under the Impact Assessment Act, also known as Bill C-69, to build highways.
Dreeshen met with federal Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Dominic LeBlanc at the federal-provincial-territorial infrastructure ministers’ meeting in Moncton, N.B., on Nov. 7.
In an interview with The Epoch Times, Dreeshen said he told LeBlanc it doesn’t make sense for Alberta to spend “five plus years” waiting for land assessments required under C-69 before building multiple highways.
“It was reassuring that the federal minister, Dominic LeBlanc, agreed,” he said. “I thought that was a huge win coming from that meeting.”…