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If it requires a federal regulator to approve it, its federal. Now, the federal body in the case of lets say, Calgary-Edmonton high speed rail, could say that the vast majority of impacts are local, and defer most matters to a provincial process. But there will be a federal process to decide...

The obligation of the crown to study whether treaty rights may be impacted and so they can decide whether there is a duty to consult (and to what degree) applies on private land as well. Usually it is covered off on simple projects by providing notice accompanying a project description, and...

A data centre consuming natural gas power generation through a new build power purchase agreement is consumption of natural gas. Little difference to building a pipeline for export, except the 'export' is within Alberta. Natural gas consumption within Alberta that doesn't compete for takeaway...

Most railways fall under the federal railway power, and this project doesn't just incidentally connect to the mainline, the entire purpose is serving the mainline. So the principle that elevated NGTL to federal regulation applies here. (NGTL wanted to be federally regulated). There will be an...

Alberta's long term care system is miles ahead of BC, and much much much more economical for the user, no matter their income level. I'd hazard that that is a concern in this case.

Yeah, railways stuff. Federal permit = federal duty to consult as well.

No where in the article does it mention what federal process is holding it up if any. Not only that, but entering into a new uncertain process instead of a known one is adding more risk (and likely time) not removing any. Pure grandstanding.

The goal is to be less dependent on the USA to reduce a huge strategic vulnerability. That means economics (and therefor delivery to the gulf coast) is no longer the first concern).

I think so.

Calgary - Chicago one of the few connection points where travel is up, year on year by Canadians/residents (I don't think this includes people transferring from Asia, but maybe it does?

They can be unmanned. iIRC civilians sat in the vehicles, as required by provincial law, raising the cost of the program.

I think quite a bit. Visits to Alberta by origin, USA Edit, more current statistics, for departures from airports in southern Alberta. Compared to all of Canada: Here is Calgary to Palm Springs, Las Vegas and Phoenix:

Oh. I'm not even talking about acquisition. That is easy, that exists today, and is easy. Who owns the land doesn't make the process harder or easier (though avoiding reserves is advisable). I am talking about doing the archaeology, the natural asset surveys, all the geology and geotech. For all...

Here is where it falls apart. The permitting is the review and the review is permitting and both interact with consultations. Because how can you know impact if you don’t know what is proposed and where. what you may be talking is permitting and then waiting with a permit. In effect that is...

No one has explained how that would actually work beyond magic. Permitting is really technical and you can’t disconnect that from doing the work on the ground. There are ways to do permitting faster but they cost more since it is doing things simultaneously and going back to align things as the...

There is no need. Would help to have a proposal first. Energy east was always quite a weak proposition. And that was before its budget started spiralling. TC was looking for a way to kill it without being left with the bill to date for years.

This doesn’t make much sense to me but if people think they can do it I guess whatever sure go ahead.

They’ll loose the appeal. But that doesn’t mean the government can’t create a constitutionally valid process. The government just needs to be a bit more competent.

It isn’t that removing the lanes is directly unconstitutional. Doing it arbitrarily is. A traffic study of any kind is needed, that connects the removal to achieving something. The government can weigh the facts and decide reduced safety is worth it for less congestion. But it has to have fact...

My understanding: The old growing presence here, leasing land in the oil sands, was a pre-shale phenomenon where to comply with accounting rules which enable listing on stock exchanges, companies needed to demonstrate they were going concerns by maintaining a certain percentage of yearly...