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Imported wind-turbine blades being unloaded at the Port of San Diego — Photo: Dale Frost/Port of San Diego, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Policy Watch|United States

Wind-turbine imports a national-security threat, Trump proclaims, but orders talks rather than new tariffs; separate order puts defence money behind oil

Proclamation 11074, published today, adopts Commerce findings that imported wind turbines and parts threaten U.S. security (grid reliability, radar clutter, hackable inverters) and tells Commerce and the USTR to negotiate with trading partners, with an update due in 180 days. It adds no new duty; existing steel, aluminium and copper tariffs on turbine parts stay. A same-day Defense Production Act determination lets the Secretary of War fund domestic oil production, refining, pipelines and storage.

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Law Courts Building, Edmonton — Photo: D. Benjamin Miller, CC0

Policy Watch|Canada

Alberta’s top court rules 4–1 that Ottawa’s amended Impact Assessment Act still oversteps on provincial projects

In Reference re Impact Assessment Act, as amended, 2026 ABCA 320, released 9 October 2026, a majority of the Court of Appeal of Alberta found that the ‘designated projects’ part of the federal Impact Assessment Act and its Physical Activities Regulations remains unconstitutional except where it applies to federal undertakings. Parliament rewrote the scheme in 2024 after the Supreme Court struck down the original in 2023. One judge dissented. The opinion is advisory and the Act stays on the books unless Parliament changes it or the Supreme Court agrees.

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Kitimat, British Columbia, from the air — Photo: Sam Beebe, CC BY 2.0

Economy & Jobs|Canada

LNG Canada Phase 2: Kitimat FID doubles export capacity to 28 mtpa

Joint-venture partners took a final investment decision on LNG Canada’s Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C. Company primary: capacity rises from 14 to 28 million tonnes a year. The PMO (29 Sep) welcomed a $33-billion private investment and a companion Coastal GasLink Phase 2 FID — distinct from the West Coast oil-pipeline Schedule 1 listing (PC 2026-0925, 1 Oct) tracked separately on this site.

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Pipeline rights-of-way from the air (illustrative) — Photo: jasonwoodhead23, CC BY 2.0

Accountability|Canada

Pacific Link listed: West Coast oil pipeline added to Building Canada Act Schedule 1

Order in Council PC 2026-0925 (1 October 2026) amends Schedule 1 of the Building Canada Act to list the West Coast Oil Pipeline — branded Pacific Link by Ottawa and Alberta — as a project of national interest. That starts a single federal review and conditions track toward 1 September 2027. It is not a CER certificate and not construction.

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Electric vehicle charging station — Photo: Julian Herzog, CC BY 4.0

Policy Watch|Canada

Ottawa proposes killing the ZEV sales mandate — while keeping fleet GHG rules

Canada Gazette Part I on 15 August 2026 proposes repealing the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard’s ZEV sales targets and credit system. Comment window runs to 29 October 2026. Fleet GHG rules would remain — this is not “EVs banned tomorrow.”

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