Budget bill gives Cabinet veto in pipeline, oil sands projects, say critics

Green Leader Elizabeth May argues the NEB has always had the capacity to overrule findings by any of the review panels it establishes for projects such as the Northern Gateway, but the Budget Implementation Bill will assure investors that regardless of what happens, the Harper government will have the power to override any decision.

PARLIAMENT HILL—A provision of the Conservative government's 425-page budget bill contains contentious revisions of environmental law that will allow Cabinet the power to overrule th...

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