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Originally Posted by Slava
FCA dismissed the challenge, and the pipeline is a go!
(The Liberals of course bought it to kill it, and it will never happen though...)
Heres the link to the decision: https://decisions.fca-caf.gc.ca/fca-...60815/index.do
In particular, section 86 stresses that consultation does not equate to a veto. This was the last legal challenge and a major hurdle cleared. |
It's technically not the last, the obstructionists have 60 days to appeal to the Supreme Court, which they will. They've gone this far and have plenty of money from their American environmentalist friends to further their obstruction efforts so that will happen. So we can sweat out that decision sometime later, as well as any other suits these groups can throw against a wall in the two years it will take to get this thing built.
But yeah, it's a good step and positive development. Credit to the Trudeau Government for satisfying the consultation requirements. Hopefully they keep fighting the fight against further suits and civil disobedience because this decision and all the money spent so far mean nothing unless there's pipe in the ground flowing oil to the coast ASAP.