what is the 'thug factor' in member TimG presuming to question the legitimacy of further legal challenges and related court processing/outcomes
KM has said they are not willing to proceed under a cloud of perpetual legal challenges. That is perfectly reasonable. The three governments need to get together and come to an agreement on questions to put before the SC, under a signed agreement that the SC decision will be binding, with no further legal action being allowed by any of the parties.
Right now we are saying to the world. Come to Canada, we will make you go through years of our approval process, spend upwards of a billion dollars and when it gets approved, we won't let you build it anyway. Not only that but Justin's new fuzzy, muddleheaded approval process that gives input to everyone including your second cousin's third aunt is going to make it even more difficult. How do you like us so far?
What company in its right mind would bother when after all that, a few protestors and a single provincial election makes it all a waste of time and money.
Unless we can come up with a process that companies can have confidence in, Canada is going to have big problems whether this particular project goes through or not.