SCC likely to consider Impact Assessment Act valid exercise of federal authority, legal expert says

By Ian Burns ( May 12, 2022, 2:36 PM EDT) -- Alberta’s highest court has ruled one of the Trudeau government’s key pieces of environmental legislation is unconstitutional, calling the federal impact assessment law an “existential threat” to the division of powers guaranteed by the Constitution. But Ottawa is promising to appeal that decision to the Supreme Court of Canada, and a legal expert is saying they are likely to be successful in that move....