Feds kill NRTEE, opposition critics say it’s ‘peanuts’ in savings

Founded in 1988 in the lead up to the Rio Earth Summit, the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy gave independent, non-partisan, consensus-based advice to the federal government. No longer.

The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy’s $5-million budget is “peanuts” in terms of savings for the federal government’s coffers, say opposition MPs who believe eliminating the advisory board means Canada will be “less equipped” to d...

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