Alberta Gives Ottawa 4-Week Deadline to ‘Remedy’ Impact Assessment Act

Alberta Gives Ottawa 4-Week Deadline to ‘Remedy’ Impact Assessment Act
A truck carries pipes in Edson, Alta., on June 18, 2019. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press
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Alberta is giving Ottawa four weeks to address the province’s concerns about federal overreach in the amended Impact Assessment Act on environmental evaluation or face another legal challenge.

Premier Danielle Smith said she is ready to take the federal government to court if it does not “remedy,” within four weeks, what the province calls unconstitutional provisions in the amended act, according to an Oct. 4 news release.