All four First Nations that were party to the most recent Federal Court of Appeal case challenging the Trans Mountain expansion approval have applied for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. Federal Court of Appeal dismissed appealsThe Federal Court of Appeal ruled in February that the court would not interfere in Canada's re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and dismissed the appeals of the four First Nations appellants. Federal Court of Appeal decision 'must be scrutinized'Now, the First Nations appellants want the Supreme Court of Canada to weigh in. As a court of leave, the Supreme Court will make the decision to hear the case or not. George-Wilson said that, compared to the earlier Federal Court of Appeal decision that quashed the first approval of the project, the second Federal Court of Appeal case applied a new Supreme Court of Canada decision in its analysis.

Source: CBC News April 07, 2020 21:33 UTC