Why critics fear Bill C-69 will be a ‘pipeline killer’
Critics worry the new process will make Canada less attractive to energy-industry investors, but experts say those concerns are overblown. Continue reading
Environmental Assessment
Senate passes Bill C-69, which overhauls review of major projects, like pipelines
Bill C-69 sets up the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada as the authority to assess projects for impacts on public health, the economy, the environment and other factors. Continue reading
Environment bill changes needed to ‘avoid alienating provinces’: Morneau
Finance Minister Bill Morneau penned a letter to six right-leaning premiers on Friday. Continue reading
Province signs off on London BRT environmental assessment
The city announced on Tuesday it had received a notice to proceed from the Ford government. Continue reading
Senate introduces more than 130 changes to Liberals’ environmental assessment bill
There are five sitting weeks left for the Senate to pass the environmental assessment bill so the House of Commons can consider the amendments. Continue reading
Report pegs cost of Stage 1 of Back to the River at $14.6M, exceeding initial estimate
If London city council decides to push ahead with the Back to the River project, it’s going to cost a lot more than originally expected. Continue reading
Pattullo Bridge replacement clears environmental assessment, on track to start construction this year
By Sean Boynton Online Journalist
B.C.’s environment and municipal affairs ministries awarded the Ministry of Transportation an environmental assessment certificate for the $1.4-billion project Thursday. Continue reading
Jason Kenney calls environment assessment bill a threat to national unity
Jason Kenney will meet face-to-face today with the political foe he attacked relentlessly in his successful bid to become Alberta’s premier: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Continue reading
Some northern Alberta chiefs to support Bill C-69 at Senate hearing
Some northern Alberta chiefs are warning that watering down the federal government’s proposed environmental assessment law will only doom energy projects to more years of court wrangling. Continue reading
Prime minister says no plans for federal environmental assessment on Northern Pulp
The prime minister says the project is a provincial issue, but he says the federal government will look for ways to support Nova Scotia. Continue reading