“We’re disappointed with the decision,” he added. “Our government
said from the outset that we would stand up for the B.C. environment,
economy and coast.”
said from the outset that we would stand up for the B.C. environment,
economy and coast.”
But “the Supreme Court of Canada has overturned unanimous decisions
by the B.C. Court of Appeal in the past,” Eby noted, and “for reference
questions like this, provinces have the right to appeal.” He said the
dollar cost of the appeal would be a “fraction of a fraction of the cost
of a catastrophic diluted bitumen spill.”