EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is threatening another legal challenge against Ottawa’s environmental assessment law, a move federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is dismissing as a political stunt.

The federal Impact Assessment Act was enacted in 2019, but a Supreme Court of Canada ruling last year found much of it unconstitutional.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith accuses Ottawa of "catering to activists," while the environment minister says Smith is being "cynical."{ai:summary}<p>Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to challenge Ottawa's environmental assessment law again, following a Supreme Court ruling that deemed much of it unconstitutional. Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has labeled the move a political stunt. </p><p>#politics</p>

Revised federal environmental assessment act could face new legal action from Alberta

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