If a Provincial Government Issues a Permit That Allows a Firm

question 3

True/False

If a provincial government issues a permit that allows a firm to discharge some amount of specific toxic waste into a waterway and the federal government prohibits dumping of this specific toxin,there is no conflict because the provincial regulation would supersede the federal ban.
If the federal government could prove that the toxin was damaging to a fishery located in the waterway,they have the power under the Fisheries Act to regulate the toxin.

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