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BC Court of Appeal finds the province's proposed heavy-oil permit rules beyond its authority
In Reference re Environmental Management Act (2019 BCCA 181), the court unanimously answered 'no' to the first question: the proposed amendments were not within the legislature's authority as applied to heavy oil carried by interprovincial undertakings.
- 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 British Columbia (subject)
Sources
- Court of Appeal for British Columbia, “Reference re Environmental Management Act (British Columbia), 2019 BCCA 181” (external site), . source record