M+A has agreed to represent a group of academics, land owners, businesses and environmentalists to file a constitutional challenge to s 55.2 of the Canadian National Environmental Board Act enacted in 2012 by the Harper government on the recommendation of the Canadian Petroleum Association. The effect of s 55.2, as interpreted by the National Energy Board, is to permit the Board to exclude the public from it’s hearings into the proposed tripling of the Kinder Morgan pipeline into the heart of Vancouver‎ harbour.  The lawsuit also asserts that the NEB’s adamant refusal to consider the climate change impacts of the proposed pipeline is wrong and must be reversed.

The full text of the M+A Notice of Motion can be viewed here. 

Mr. Martin can be heard explaining the reasons for the challenge here.