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Originally Posted by rubecube
Why? Again, if the lower-level court grants the injunction, it's going to take an upper-level court to overturn it. The Federal government can lodge an appeal if they want to on the grounds that the pipeline is national and is therefore the the provincial court's decision is ultra vires, but it's still going to have to go through the appeals process.
EDIT: Offhand, does anyone know if the Harper Conservatives ever sent a reference case to the SCC regarding pipelines?
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I doubt it. Quebec didn't suddenly become a hard line opponent until Trudeau came on board. Guess the province feels it can extort more money from the Liberals than the Conservatives. Hopefully Trudeau proves them wrong.