Canada’s top court on Wednesday handed aboriginals a partial victory on the need to be consulted on resource projects, throwing out permits to conduct seismic testing for oil and gas in the north but dismissing a separate
attempt to quash changes to an Enbridge Inc pipeline.
In the two separate but related cases, the Supreme Court found that while the Canadian government holds ultimate responsibility for ensuring consultations with First Nations are adequate, it can rely on the national energy regulator’s process to fulfill that in oil- and gas-related matters.
