Trans Mountain mega-judicial review highlights the politics of intervention
Wednesday, October 04, 2017 @ 10:38 AM | By Jocelyn Stacey
To say that the Canadian government’s approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project is controversial is an understatement. The project has precipitated a war of words between provincial, Indigenous and municipal leaders over whether it will ever see the light of day. In the legal arena, the federal government’s approval is the current subject of a mega-judicial review, a consolidation of 16 separate applications. The hearing began this week.
After British Columbia’s spring election, the new government vowed to “[e]mploy every tool available to defend...
After British Columbia’s spring election, the new government vowed to “[e]mploy every tool available to defend...
