In Peter Small's Canadian Lawyer article, "Kink in the Lines," Laurie Smith comments on how some groups believe they can veto infrastructure projects: "Let's say the mayor of Mississauga decides, like the Black Knight in Monty Python, to say: 'Though Shalt not pass.' Well, we wouldn't have very many roads or railways or pipelines."
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Laurie Smith in Canadian Lawyer on Proposed Energy Pipelines
March 2015
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