Impact Assessment Agency of Canada looking at 23 projects to ensure federal jurisdiction
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada will revisit 23 projects it is currently reviewing to ensure there is clear federal jurisdiction, after a Supreme Court decision found parts of the law strayed into provincial territory, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Thursday.
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada was formed in 2019 after legislation passed that established a new process for federal reviews of the environmental and social impacts of proposed major projects, such as pipelines, interprovincial highways and airports.Multiple provinces said they were against the legislation from the start, and several premiers said it threatened national unity. Alberta asked its appeals court to review the law, and that court found the law to be unconstitutional.
An earlier Supreme Court decision had held up the federal carbon pricing scheme, which applies a price on greenhouse-gas emissions in provinces that don’t have an equivalent scheme of their own. “Then, obviously, we would turn, probably, to the provincial authority to ensure that there is proper assessment that is being done.”But he said one aspect that needs to be tightened is the part of the act that addresses whether a project is in the public interest. He noted that the court found the language around that to be too broad.
One of those five designated projects is an Ontario highway northwest of Toronto that was designated for review in 2021, prior to Guilbeault taking over the role.
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