This will be disappointing to those, including many Indigenous people, who oppose energy projects for all sorts of reasons. The court was ruling on the second approval, last June, by the federal government of the Trans Mountain project. It carried out another environmental review and another round of consultation with Indigenous groups. Sign Up NowIt will still be a struggle to complete Trans Mountain, which Ottawa bought almost two years ago for $4.4 billion. And it makes clear that other big projects can be accomplished, if the law is followed in both word and spirit.

Source: thestar February 06, 2020 22:52 UTC