Senate compromise on government’s signature impact assessment bill would put maligned regulators back in charge on environmental review panels

Plus, a ban on importing shark fins is now steps away from law.

Conservative Senator Percy Mockler, left, and Independent Senators Paul Massicotte and Patti LaBoucane-Benson are part of the Senate Environment Committee, which is wrapping up its study of Bill C-69, the most controversial piece of legislation since the cannabis legalization bill last year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

May 20, 2019

Senators on the Environment Committee changed the government’s signature impact assessment bill last week to give industry regulators the majority of seats on environmental review panels, reversing a key clause in the bill that sprung from widespread criticism and di...

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