Attorney General wants a shovel-ready province ‘without delay’ on big infrastructure projects
Last week’s Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling that the federal Impact Assessment Act is unconstitutional should clear a regulatory path toward expediting construction of big infrastructure projects, like the proposed Ring of Fire road network, said Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey in a news release, Oct.24.
Downey was referring to last week’s majority ruling by the court that the parts of the federal assessment scheme were beyond the scope of federal decision-making power, specifically Ottawa’s regulations on “designated projects” that should be automatically subject for federal review. While federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said he will go back to the drawing board to amend the act, the Ford government said it was prepared to pick a fight in the courts, if necessary.
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