Carney’s Bill C-39 overhauls environmental reviews and Indigenous consultation
The bill sets a one-year review limit and shifts pipeline and nuclear assessments to energy regulators, drawing warnings about weaker Indigenous and scientific oversight.
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Mark Carney defends the bill to speed up the implementation of major projects, suggesting that it will not lower environmental standards.
Carney's sweeping new bill sparks backlash over environmental rollbacks
The Liberal government’s proposed Building Canada Strong Act is facing pushback from political, environmental and labour groups. The bill aims to amend several laws to fast-track projects deemed in 'the national interest.'
The Carney government could bypass environmental legislation as long as it wants to speed up major projects of national interest. It is trying to eliminate a clause included in Bill C-5, now in force, which limits the duration of this discretion to five years, in order to carry out its project of "building a strong Canada."
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