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Environmental Assessment Canada

Student Questions Harper Government Logic

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 06.04.2013 | Canada Politics

Research is questioning the logic behind the federal government's move to streamline environmental assessments.After tracking thousands of assessments...

Bill C-38: The Tories' Soiled Green

Elizabeth May | Posted 07.07.2012 | Canada
Elizabeth May

Nearly half of Bill C-38 is directed at rewriting Canada's foundational environmental laws. Putting all this in a fast-track budget bill, with time allocation on debate, and heading to the Finance Committee, is a direct assault on the principles of parliamentary democracy.

Tories Slammed For Burying Environmental Changes In Budget Bill

CBC | Posted 06.27.2012 | Canada Politics

Opposition MPs are angry with the government for proposing major environmental policy changes in the budget implementation bill introduce...

Feds Moving Ahead With Controversial Environmental Changes

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.20.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Next week's budget will propose a streamlined environmental assessment process, something which will delight the oil patch and give provinces...

Harper Turns Green to Black

Elizabeth May | Posted 05.14.2012 | Canada Politics
Elizabeth May

This week the House Committee for the Environment issued a pre-ordained set of recommendations to further destroy environmental review. After 35 years of working on environmental assessment, I am watching the current government weaken the process to less than we had in 1977.

Feds' Environmental Report Slammed As 'Fictitious'

CBC | Posted 05.13.2012 | Canada Politics

A report from the Commons environment committee has government MPs calling for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to be "modernize...