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Supreme Court of Canada refuses Burnaby leave to appeal on its bylaws and Trans Mountain
The court dismissed, with costs, Burnaby's application for leave to appeal a lower-court decision in its challenge to the National Energy Board ruling that let Trans Mountain bypass city bylaws during construction of the expansion (CBC News, Aug. 23, 2018).
- Date
- Kind
- Court ruling
- Where
- Canada
- Evidence
- Action: Something was done: a law switched on, a tariff imposed, money committed. How evidence is weighed
- Who
- Supreme Court of Canada (acted); City of Burnaby (subject)
Articles that cite this record
Sources
- CBC News, “Burnaby loses fight to block Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Supreme Court” (external site), . source record
Projects
Claims that rest on this event
- Consultation gives First Nations no veto. Courts send approvals back for more consultation but rarely end projects: Trans Mountain's approval was quashed in 2018, granted again in 2019, and the pipeline was built. A nation that objects usually ends with an agreement or with an approval over its objection, so a nation that opposes and later signs reveals nothing about its motive. Provinces and towns holding the same lever end the same way.
Burnaby, a city that asked for Trans Mountain to stop, lost its last appeal on its bylaws: a town with no veto got neither a stop nor an offer.