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20220510  \nDocket: 1901-0276AC  \nRegistry: Calgary  \nIn the Matter of An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, SC 2019, c 28 and the Physical Activities Regulations,  \nSOR/2019-285  \nAnd in the Matter of a Reference by the Lieutenant Governor in Council to the Court of Appeal of Alberta under the Judicature Act, RSA 2000, c J-2, s 26  \nThe Court:  \nThe Honourable Chief Justice Catherine Fraser The Honourable Justice Jack Watson The Honourable Justice J.D. Bruce McDonald The Honourable Justice Sheila Greckol The Honourable Justice Jo’Anne Strekaf  \nOpinion of the Honourable Chief Justice Fraser, the Honourable Justice Watson and the Honourable Justice McDonald  \nConcurred in by the Honourable Justice Strekaf Dissenting Opinion of the Honourable Justice Greckol  \nReference by the Lieutenant Governor in Council Order in Council 160/2019  \nDated the 9th day of September, 2019  \nFiled the 10th day of September, 2019  \nTable of Contents  \nParagraph  \nI. Introduction ................................................................................................................[ 1]  \nII. Positions of the Parties................................................................................................. [34]  \nA. Alberta and Intervenors in Support of Alberta ................................................[34]  \nB. Canada and Intervenors in Support of Canada ................................................[39]  \nIII. Relevant Provisions of the Constitution ......................................................................[45]  \nA. Constitution Act, 1867 .....................................................................................[45]  \n1. Federal Legislative Powers ..................................................................[45]  \n2. Provincial Legislative Powers..............................................................[45]  \nB. Key Provisions Added by the Constitution Act, 1982 .....................................[45]  \n1. Additional Provincial Powers under Amendment to the Constitution Act, 1867 ..............................................................................................[45]  \n2. Procedure for Amending the Constitution ...........................................[45]  \nIV. The Environment and the Division of Powers.............................................................[46]  \nA. The Environment is a Constitutionally Abstruse Matter .................................[46]  \nB. Environmental Impact Assessments Are Not Within Parliament’s Exclusive Jurisdiction.......................................................................................................[49]  \nC. Joint Federal-Provincial Environmental Accords............................................[50]  \nV. History of Prairie Provinces-Ownership of Natural Resources and Section 92A .....[52]  \nA. Prairie Provinces Secure Ownership of Their Natural Resources ...................[53]  \nB. Federal Government Interventions and Pressures for Constitutional Reform .............................................................................................................[57]  \nC. Constitutional Compromise .............................................................................[64]  \n1. Section 92A – Resource Amendment ..................................................[64]  \n2. Section 38 – Opt-Out Right .................................................................[67]  \n3. Section 36 – Economic Development and Equalization......................[69]  \n4. Conclusion ...........................................................................................[72]  \nD. Role of the Courts ............................................................................................[73]  \nVI. 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