BC Sets Reference Question On Trans Mountain Expansion
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The BC government has announced its reference question going to the court in it’s challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
Attorney-General David Eby says BC believes it has the right to regulate the movement of heavy oil and heavy oil products by issuing permits.
He says the BC Court of Appeal will be asked to review proposed amendments to BC’s Environmental Management Act.
“Is the draft legislation within provincial jurisdiction to enact? In other words, can we do it? Question two, would the draft legislation be applicable to hazardous substances brought into British Columbia by way of an inter-provincial undertaking such as a pipeline? In other words, does it matter how the substance gets here? And finally, is there any federal legislation that is inconsistent with the proposed amendment that would make the proposed amendments inoperative? In other words, are there any federal laws that would prevent us from doing this?
