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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
Could you source this one for me?
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tmx...nges-1.5269605
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When asked why the government did not try to head off another appeal by vigorously making its case in court, Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi said it was waiting to make such argument at "the right time."
"We want courts to decide who should have the right to appeal and who should not have the right to appeal at all," he said in an interview with CBC News Network's Power & Politics.
"We will be mounting that defence and at that time we will defend that record. We have a very strong record on these consultations and we responded to every legitimate concern that communities have identified. We have done everything right and I am confident we will continue to proceed. It will be completed by the middle of 2022."
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If the court hearing that will decide if an appeal is valid isn't the "right time" to oppose those appeals, I have no idea what is. More than likely what he really meant was "we don't want to give anyone ammunition for the election and reduce our opportunities to send this back to re-examination under C-69 if we need to make a concession under a coalition government".