A Ukrainian\u002DCanadian Group dropped a court challenge over the cancelled export of gas turbines meant for a Russian pipeline.
The federal Liberals had approved export permits last July to allow a Montreal company to repair turbines for a natural gas pipeline operated by Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.
The Toronto-based Ukrainian World Congress sought a Federal Court order to nullify the decision, arguing that it broke sanctions law and that a ruling could dissuade Ottawa from taking a similar move in the future. But Ottawa cancelled the exemption in December, after the September explosion of the pipeline that required the turbines in what Swedish investigators called an act of sabotage.
A lawyer for the Ukrainian diaspora group said it considered proceeding with a case in an attempt to set a legal precedent, but decided that it would be too complicated since the decision has already been withdrawn.
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