Cory Morgan: Supreme Court’s Bill C-69 Ruling Is a Hard Reality Check for the Feds

Workers lay pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Abbotsford, B.C., on May 3, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

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Canada’s Supreme Court made a landmark decision in its ruling that the federal Impact Assessment Act (Bill C-69) is unconstitutional. C-69 has been dubbed the “No More Pipelines Act” in Western Canada and provincial governments have been battling the legislation in Canadian courts since its inception.