Fast-tracking major projects legislation puts Canada’s natural environment at major risk

The federal government’s proposed legislation to fast-track major projects poses serious risks to the natural environments that give us clean water and air, and to the iconic species that help to define us as Canadians.

There are numerous examples of the serious economic and environmental implications across the country, even with current impact assessment program. This includes tens of thousands of federally-identified contaminated sites and long-lasting impacts on some of Canada’s most iconic species, write Rachel T. Buxton and Joseph R. Bennett.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY RACHEL BUXTON, JOSEPH BENNETT

June 4, 2026

Nature is part of our national identity. Our country boasts about a quarter of the world’s intact wetlands, freshwater, and boreal forests, and uniq...

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