Abstract
This chapter considers the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in MiningWatch Canada v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans) 2010 SCC 2 (also known as “Red Chris”) through the lens of a fictional re-hearing. An intervenor has requested the Court to further explore the constitutional and administrative law issues left unresolved by Justice Rothstein in his judgment on behalf of the Court. Specifically, the analysis focuses on the constraints, if any, on federal decision-making upon receipt of an environmental assessment of a project whose effects transcend federal and provincial jurisdiction. Reiterating the distinction between legislating with respect to a subject on the one hand, and decision-making pursuant to that legislation on the other, the analysis suggests that arguments seeking to constrain federal environmental decision-making are primarily political, rather than constitutional, in nature.
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