On May 24, the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled against the B.C. government’s proposed amendments to the Environmental Management Act, finding that the amendments would impermissibly target a federal undertaking. The proposed law would have given B.C. the ability to control the amount of heavy oil that flows into the province by requiring pipeline companies to obtain a “hazardous substance permit.” The Court of Appeal’s decision has significant, positive implications for the future of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project.
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