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Impact Assessment Act: Premier and Minister Amery.

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Published date16 April 2024

M2 PRESSWIRE-April 16, 2024-: Impact Assessment Act: Premier and Minister Amery

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Premier Danielle Smith and Minister of Justice Mickey Amery issued the following joint statement following an agreement by the Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada, related to the Impact Assessment Act:

"We congratulate Ontario on its victory against the largely unconstitutional federal Impact Assessment Act. For more than two years, Ottawa has stood in the way of Ontario's Highway 413 project, forcing that province to fight for its constitutional rights to manage and develop its resources.

"Alberta strongly supported the Ontario government's pursuit of a judicial review in the Federal Court of Canada to affirm that the Impact Assessment Act is unconstitutional. Today's judgment from the Federal Court relies on the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Impact Assessment Act Reference, which was commenced by Alberta and in which the Supreme Court determined that the act was largely unconstitutional. The Federal Court noted that it should give effect to that decision by finding the federal minister of environment and climate change acted beyond his constitutional jurisdiction when designating the Highway 413 project in May 2021.

"We hope this will serve as yet another lesson for the federal...

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