{"id":56921,"date":"2021-02-26T09:51:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T14:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=56921"},"modified":"2021-02-26T09:51:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T14:51:50","slug":"one-thing-jason-kenney-and-elizabeth-may-agree-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=56921","title":{"rendered":"One Thing Jason Kenney and Elizabeth May Agree On"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One Thing Jason Kenney and Elizabeth May Agree On<\/a><\/h3>\n

Neither likes the new federal Impact Assessment Act, which Alberta is challenging in court.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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Jason Kenney\u2019s government argues in the Alberta Court of Appeal that the federal Impact Assessment Act shouldn\u2019t apply to coal mining in the province. Former Green leader Elizabeth May assails the act for different reasons.\u00a0Photos via the\u00a0Green party<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Alberta government<\/a>.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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All this week, the Alberta government will be in court challenging the constitutionality of the new federal Impact Assessment Act, with the goal of preventing Ottawa from assessing the impact of coal mining projects in the eastern slopes or new oilsands\u00a0in situ projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0host of environmental groups<\/a>\u00a0including Nature Canada, West Coast Environmental Law and MiningWatch Canada will also be in the Alberta Court of Appeal arguing that the act is constitutional and does not intrude on provincial jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

But MP Elizabeth May, the former leader of the Green party and a long-time environmental lawyer, says the federal law is so badly designed, she hopes that the courts will strike it down.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a very dangerous system and a joke,\u201d May told the Tyee. \u201cI hope the Alberta government wins. It is not proper environmental assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the motivation of the Kenney government is terrible,\u201d added May who voted against the legislation in 2019. While Premier Jason Kenney and his government \u201cthink it is an anti-pipeline bill,\u201d May said, the Liberal legislation actually \u201cis rife with discretions for the environment minister,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n