May slams feds’ environment assessment plan for ignoring expert panel

The Conservatives and NDP will each get an opposition day in the House this week, and a chance to hammer the government on a subject of their choice.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, right, says she expects the Liberal's legislation to bolster Canada's environmental assessment process, under Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, will fall short of the process the predated the Harper government. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

October 2, 2017

The government’s outline for changes to environmental assessment laws falls short of Liberal election promises, and doesn’t follow much of the advice from an expert panel the Liberal government assembled, says Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.

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