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Originally Posted by Peanut
Interesting perspective. My interpretation of a federal regulatory approval being "quashed" (after an almost decade-long approval process in the first place) is that the regulatory regime itself is unstable.
What good is the approval via the regime if it doesn't actually mean you have approval?
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It was quashed by the Courts because the federal and BC govnt's failed to meet their legal obligations to consult with first nations in the development of the project. The quashing had nothing to do with the NEB process or the regulatory regime. No tinkering with the regulatory regime will solve the problem facing the BC and fed govn't of having to take aboriginal interests seriously - ie not just lip service - when energy projects cross their traditional territory in BC. Like I said, they've had at least 40 years to figure this out.