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David Thurton

David Thurton

Sep 19, 2026

9:08
What exactly is changing with this decision?
9:10
Yeah, well, the thing to know is that we do have an Impact Assessment Act, and this is a big piece of legislation that the federal government relies on to do environmental reviews, environmental assessments for projects that typically fall into the federal domain.
9:26
Things such as interprovincial pipelines, large oil sands projects, in-situ oil sands projects whose effects go beyond just Alberta or one province.
9:39
And so what the federal government has done in recent days is said that there is this project list of things that would typically trigger a federal assessment.
9:49
We are now removing all of these projects from this list.
9:52
So pipelines, interprovincial pipelines were on that list.
9:56
Also, interestingly, electric transmission lines, which...

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20:20
What will you be watching for on the climate file this fall?

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