Proposed navigation bill reforms amount to broken campaign promise: advocacy group, NDP

Liberal MP Sean Fraser says recommendations balance the need for 'efficiency and the promotion of projects, and the need to protect navigation.'

Liberal MP Sean Fraser, right, defended the Transport Committee recommendations while Conservative member Kelly Block, left, said she felt 'partially vindicated' by the study, but worried that Transport Minister Marc Garneau might opt for more substantial reforms. Photos courtesy of the offices of Kelly Block and Sean Fraser

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

April 5, 2017

Critics are accusing the Trudeau government of breaking another high-profile campaign promise, after the Liberals on the House Transport Committee voted against recommending the repeal of Harper-era reforms that dramatically reduced the number of waterways under federal oversight. "We were really d...

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