Saskatchewan Joins Alberta’s Legal Challenge Over Ottawa’s Impact Assessment Act

Saskatchewan Joins Alberta’s Legal Challenge Over Ottawa’s Impact Assessment Act
Pipes for the Trans Mountain Pipeline project sit in a storage lot outside of Hope, British Columbia, Canada, on June 6, 2021. Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images
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Saskatchewan is backing Alberta as the two western provinces seek to oppose the federal Impact Assessment Act in court.

The province says it is “intervening” to support Alberta’s legal action aimed at challenging the act that governs approval of major initiatives such as energy projects, power plants, and mines.