Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley said Bill C-69 had to go because businesses need investment certainty. .“The Impact Assessment Act (IAA) was an overreach by the federal government,” tweeted Notley on Friday..“I went to Ottawa to try to fix it.”.The Supreme Court of Canada struck down Bill C-69 on Friday, giving a major victory to the Alberta government. .READ MORE: UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Supreme Court strikes down ‘No Pipelines Act’.The Supreme Court ruled 5-2 that although the process for the IAA is constitutional, the balance of the scheme is ultra vires Parliament and thus unconstitutional..Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner said the designated projects portion of the IAA is not directed at regulating effects within federal jurisdiction because they do not drive its decision-making functions. .Notley went on to say several Alberta NDP cabinet ministers and she raised many concerns cited by the Supreme Court. .To be clear, she said the project approvals process that was in place before the IAA and remains in place today is broken. The one proposed by it was broken. .Notley concluded by saying the Alberta government needs to put working people first. She said it needs “to dial down the political rhetoric between the federal and provincial governments and build a proper project approvals process.”.“This is the way we secure both our economic and environmental future,” she said. .Alberta Premier Danielle Smith could not contain her glee on Friday over the Supreme Court’s decision to rule sections of Bill C-69 unconstitutional. .READ MORE: OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Smith takes victory lap on C-69.“I am extremely pleased for the Supreme Court of Canada's decision confirming the unconstitutionality of the federal government's destructive Impact Assessment Act,” said Smith. .“Today's ruling represents an opportunity for all provinces to stop that bleeding, rebuild investor confidence and attract those jobs back into our economies.”
