Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Could Ottawa use 'disallowance' to approve Northern Gateway?

In a recent interview with the Globe and Mail - BC Premier Christy Clark warns that if Ottawa wants the Northern Gateway Project, it could use a special power called 'disallowance' where Ottawa can simply, by the wave of its' hand, revoke a provincial statute(s), however it hasn't been used since 1943

Read more here

In addition - some argue that the recently signed agreement between Ottawa-China could effectively make the hearings over NGP do the same as 'disallowance' as the agreement allows China investors to sue Canada , if a project to which it has an interest in Canada does not proceed- read here

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