This blog by CELA lawyer Richard Lindgren provides an overview of the background and content of the federal government's recently proposed amendments to the Impact Assessment Act.
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Submission: Strengthening Federal Impact Assessment
CELA and other environmental groups submitted a letter to the federal government to outline the types of amendments to the Impact Assessment Act that are required to address the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling about the constitutionality of the Act.
Blog: The Supreme Court Ruling on the Impact Assessment Act – Climate Change Implications
In this blog, CELA lawyers Joe Castrilli and Richard Lindgren review the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision on the constitutionality of the federal Impact Assessment Act.
Media Release: Supreme Court of Canada Finds Impact Assessment Act Unconstitutional in Part
CELA's reaction to the Supreme Court of Canada's finding regarding the federal Impact Assessment Act.
Media Release: Public Interest Groups at Supreme Court of Canada to Defend Federal Environmental Law from Alberta Challenge
This week, the federal government is defending its Impact Assessment Act (IAA) (formerly Bill C-69) at the Supreme Court of Canada. Last year, the Alberta Court of Appeal issued a non-binding opinion that the IAA is unconstitutional; the Government of Canada is appealing that opinion. The hearing will be heard on March 21 and 22.
Factum of the Intervenors – Supreme Court of Canada Appeal
Filed in the Supreme Court of Canada (on appeal from the Alberta Court of Appeal) In the matter of An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and…
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