What are the guidelines used by the Ministry of Transport in deciding whether to approve or approve the use of the Guidelines?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Alberta Wilderness Association v. Canada (Attorney General), 2008 FC 1061 (CanLII):
The decision in Friends of the Oldman River Society v. Canada (Minister of Transport), 1992 CanLII 110 (SCC), [1992] 1 S.C.R. 3, is not applicable to these facts. The guidelines in that case were mandatory and sanctioned by Order-in-Council. The Guidelines in this case are more discretionary.
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