The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed B.C.’s appeal..

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The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed B.C.’s appeal of a lower court decision that quashed provincial legislation designed to block the Trans Mountain expansion project.

In a unanimous decision, Chief Justice Richard Wagner said the court will let the B.C. Court of Appeal decision stand.

The decision clears yet another legal hurdle for the long-delayed pipeline project. A separate Federal Court of Appeals case on the project, which considers Indigenous issues, is still pending.

The decision, issued from the bench on the same day legal counsel delivered oral arguments, is a blow to B.C. Premier John Horgan, who has sought to stop construction of the expansion. If built, the pipeline will carry nearly a million barrels of oil from Alberta’s oilpatch to the B.C. coast each day for export to Asian markets.

Horgan promised in the 2017 election campaign “to use every tool in our tool box to stop” the construction of the Trans Mountain expansion.

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