A Federal Court judge has dismissed a legal challenge by environmental groups who argued that the expansion of a container facility on British Columbia's waterfront would threaten endangered southern resident killer whales and salmon. The court ruled that the federal government's approval of the project was reasonable and that conditions imposed on the project would mitigate its impact on the whales.
A Federal Court judge has thrown out a legal challenge by environmental groups that claimed allowing the expansion of a massive container facility on British Columbia’s waterfront would threaten the survival of southern resident killer whales and salmon.
The Federal Court dismissed the group’s judicial review on Friday, ruling that the decisions by the federal environment minister and the cabinet to allow the project to proceed were reasonable. The federal government argued in court that the conservation groups fundamentally misconstrued how the project will be regulated because the decisions did not “shortcut future federal and provincial authorizations” needed for the expansion to happen, including those necessary under at-risk species protection legislation.
In a statement Monday, Ecojustice, which argued the case for the environmental groups, called the decision “an unfortunate setback for species protection and conservation efforts.”
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