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New BC government files its intervener argument against the federal Trans Mountain expansion approval
After the change of government in July 2017, Attorney General David Eby said BC had been granted intervener status in the Federal Court of Appeal challenge to the approval, and that its memorandum outlines the failure of the federal process to properly consider the project's risks, citing a disproportionate impact on BC's coastal environment and Indigenous peoples (BC statement, Sept. 1, 2017).
- Date
- Kind
- Court ruling
- Where
- Canada / British Columbia
- Evidence
- Action: Something was done: a law switched on, a tariff imposed, money committed. How evidence is weighed
- Who
- Government of Canada (target); Government of British Columbia (acted)
Sources
- BC Gov News, “Statement on Trans Mountain pipeline” (external site), . source record