CAPP responds to Alberta Government’s constitutional challenge to the Impact Assessment Act

“CAPP supports the Government of Alberta’s constitutional challenge to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA). As an intervener in the prior legal dispute, we agreed with the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2023 judgment that the provinces are best positioned to review and regulate resource developments within their own borders and more cooperative federalism is necessary to ensure that projects in the national interest will proceed in a timely manner. The recent amendments did not go far enough to address some of the key issues identified by the Supreme Court of Canada. Canada needs to fix its approach to major projects, and the current form of the IAA is a barrier to attracting investment into the country. It’s time to build and the sooner we can fix the review and approval process, the sooner we can get to building the major energy, export, and decarbonization projects Canada needs.”