Green advocates back creation of new assessment agency proposed by Trudeau-appointed panel

The expert panel on environmental assessment processes also recommended the federal cabinet be responsible for handling appeals to assessment decisions, which some worry will further politicize the process.

The expert panel convened by the Trudeau government to review environmental assessment processes is calling for Ottawa to strip assessment powers from agencies like the National Energy Board, which regulates energy infrastructure, as the debate over pipelines and, in turn, Alberta's vast oilsands, such as this development in Fort McMurray, Alta., heats up. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

June 7, 2017

The Trudeau government must heed the recommendation of an expert panel it convened, and strip environmental assessment powers away from agencies like the National Energy Board, the country’s pipeline regulator, because it has proven itself “ill-equipped” to handle the responsibility, accord...

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