This case is likely a preview of further legal challenges as Ottawa pushes ahead on a Clean Electricity Standard, a cap on oil and gas emissions and more
Canada’s next big environment/energy/jurisdictional battle is at the Supreme Court of Canada next week. It’s not as straightforward as whether Ottawa has the right to impose a national price on carbon – the question from two years ago. But the debate over the sweeping national law for assessing the environmental ramifications of big projects is just as consequential.
But far from the complex constitutional arguments that will unfurl in the highest court of the land, how you feel about the IAA likely boils down to what region you live in, and which level of government and which party you trust the most.
Both have been in the news this month on a separate matter, as a leak at Imperial Oil’s Kearl oil sands project has left some community members unwilling to drink or bathe in water from local waterways. Communities say they weren’t informed in a timely manner. And while Imperial Oil first informed the Alberta Energy Regulator about the leak in May, Environment and Climate Change Canada didn’t find out as it should have until the seepage had been going on for nine months.
But from Alberta’s perspective, the federal government underplays the economic contributions of the oil and gas industry to the county as a whole, and is far too removed from the economic picture on the Prairies. When Ottawa looks at the effects of its climate policies, for instance, it looks at the economy as a whole, not specifically at export-focused Alberta or Saskatchewan.
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