Supreme Court Rejects B.C.’s Case To Regulate TMX
The Supreme Court of Canada shut down British Columbia’s move to
regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from
Alberta.
regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from
Alberta.
B.C. was appealing to the country’s highest court after the
B.C. Court of Appeal ruled last May that the province couldn’t impose
any restrictions on the contents on the Trans Mountain pipeline
expansion.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court agreed.
“We are
all of the view to dismiss the appeal for the unanimous reasons of the
Court of Appeal for British Columbia,” Chief Justice Richard Wagner
said.
The decision was issued from the bench after several hours of hearings today in Ottawa.