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Danielle Smith says her proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act would allow the legislature to ignore court rulings that find the province in violation of Canada's Constitution by not enforcing federal legislation.
Alberta and its allies are in the province's highest court trying to have the federal government's environmental assessment act declared unconstitutional.
Posted: Feb 23, 2021 7:13 AM MT | Last Updated: February 23
A dump truck works near the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the city of Fort McMurray, Alta., on June 1, 2014. The Impact Assessment Act, given royal assent in June 2019, allows federal regulators to consider how a development would affect Ottawa s work on climate change, social impacts and gender parity, as well as its cumulative effects when combined with other projects.(Jason Franson/Canadian Press)
Alberta and its allies are in the province s highest court trying to have the federal government s environmental assessment act declared unconstitutional. The Trojan Horse has now arrived, say arguments submitted to the Alberta Court of Appeal by the province s attorney general, supported by Ontario and Saskatchewan.