In 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada determined most of the IAA was unconstitutional, finding it allowed the federal government to regulate projects outside its jurisdiction. Late last year, Parliament made minor amendments to the act, which Alberta argues do little to render the law constitutional.
On September 18, 2024 the Canadian Constitution Foundation announced it had been granted intervener status in an upcoming Supreme Court of Canada case on the constitutionality of Newfoundland and Labrador’s pandemic travel restrictions and whether Canadian citizens have a constitutionally-protected right to interprovincial travel. The case Taylor v. Canada arises from a matter in which…
The Canadian Constitution Foundation is an intervener in the legal challenge to the federal “plastics ban” heard on June 25 and 26 at the Federal Court of Appeal.
The CCF intervened in a Supreme Court hearing about the constitutionality of the Impact Assessment Act (IAA). The IAA provides a mechanism to the federal government to pause–and ultimately—approve or prohibit natural resource projects that “may cause effects within federal jurisdiction”. In 2022, the Alberta Court of Appeal found the IAA unconstitutional in a reference…
With the help from the Canadian Constitution Foundation, Artisan Ales, a small Calgary owned-and-operated import agency, initiated a complaint against the Government of Alberta under the AIT. The complaint alleged that the Government of Alberta, through a tax and rebate policy that favours Alberta beers over the beers of other provinces, is failing to honour…
Do you think it is right to fine a retiree for buying alcohol in another province and bring it back across the border? We sure don’t! The Canadian Constitution Foundation is proud to support Gerard Comeau and his lawyers Ian Blue, Arnold Schwisberg and Mikael Bernard in their constitutional challenge to portions of the New…
On December 14, 2018, the Alberta Court of Appeal granted the Canadian Constitution Foundation leave to intervene in the appeal of the Steam Whistle v. AGLC decision, in which two out-of-province beer companies successfully challenged unconstitutional discrimination by Alberta against their products. This case concerns the Government of Alberta’s beer policies since October 2015 and…
