Episode 79: Why Poilievre didn't get a security clearance. Plus, can Carney tax oil exports?

On Episode 79, we discuss why the NSICOP Act limits what Pierre Poilievre can say after he gets a security briefing, we tell you about the curious constitutional challenge to closing some of Ontario’s safe injection sites, and we consider the constitutionality of an export tax on oil.

Stories and cases discussed in this week's episode:

• Carney refuses to rule out export taxes on Alberta oil or Sask uranium and potash against US (Western Standard)
• Protecting Vulnerable Social Infrastructure By-law (City of Vaughan)
• CSIS alleges India organized support for Poilievre’s 2022 Conservative leadership bid
• Re: Exported Natural Gas Tax, 1982 CanLII 189 (SCC), [1982] 1 SCR 1004 (CanLii)
• Ontario consumption sites free to relocate, court hears, contrary to past statements (CP24)
• Supreme Court to hear challenge of law that curbs spy watchdog members (CBC News)
• National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act, SC 2017, c 15 (CanLii)

Not Reserving Judgment is a podcast about Canadian constitutional law hosted by Josh Dehaas, Joanna Baron, and Christine Van Geyn.

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