DonAndersen Posted November 13, 2014 Posted November 13, 2014 The judgement found that govt can be sued for not doing its job. In other places, failure to do your job gets you skidded. http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1443435/court-rules-that-alberta-environment-can-be-sued-for-failing-to-properly-investigate-and-remediate-water-contamination-near-rosebud Don Quote
Smitty Posted November 14, 2014 Posted November 14, 2014 Well, after years, perhaps we're seeing some small, yet real, baby-stepped progress in holding the government accountable. Fingers crossed that this establishes a strong precedent. SMitty Quote
SkwalaStonefly Posted November 14, 2014 Posted November 14, 2014 This issue is particularly important to us fisherman as the courst case is related to fracking and water contamination. Perhaps the government will start thinking seriously about requests for fracking near rivers and aquifers. Quote
TMLhammy Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Similar but different, Don. Could you imagine!? Quote
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