‘Gutted’ environment assessments part of Carney’s ‘deregulation agenda,’ warn climate groups

NDP environment critic Leah Gazan says the feds are 'trying to legislate away constitutionally protected rights,' a move she calls 'insulting to the Canadian public' who are facing extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change.
Prime Minister Mark Carney changed impact assessment regulations on Sept. 9 so that some projects, including pipelines and transmission lines, no longer need to undergo a federal environmental impact assessment.

Climate groups and NDP environment critic Leah Gazan are decrying the feds’ move to pull some projects from federal impact assessment requirements, calling the latest environmental policy rollback a step towards the “worst evisceration of environmental protections” in ...

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