:format(webp)/https://www.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/politics/federal/2023/03/22/is-ottawa-trampling-provincial-jurisdiction-to-protect-the-environment/supreme_court.jpg "Is Ottawa trampling provincial jurisdiction to defend the atmosphere?")
OTTAWA—It’s both a legit use of federal ability to guard the atmosphere, or a flagrant violation of provincial jurisdiction.
Now the Supreme Courtroom of Canada will determine which of those diverging views applies to the federal government’s hotly contested revamp of Ottawa’s environmental assessment regulation, 2019’s Impact Evaluation Act.