REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is welcoming the Supreme Court of Canada 5-2 ruling striking town the federal government’s environmental Impact Assessment Act, the former Bill C-69.
"This decision is nothing short of a constitutional tipping point and reasserts provinces' rights and primary jurisdiction over natural resources, the environment and power generation," said Justice Minister and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre in a news release.
"It should also force the federal government to reassess other areas of overreach, including capping oil and gas production and electrical generation. The IAA has stalled everything from Canadian highway and mine projects to LNG facilities and pipelines. It has thwarted investment, competitiveness and productivity across the country. This major decision will correct course."
The Impact Assessment Act went before the Supreme Court in March of this year after the Alberta Court of Appeal ruled in 2022 it had violated the division of powers between Ottawa and the provinces. The federal government appealed the ruling and Saskatchewan was among the intervenors in the case at the Supreme Court.
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