Unions, NDP decry new bill as attack on labour, but feds say Canada needs C-39 to build major projects

The Building Canada Strong Act, introduced on the first day of the fall sitting, aims to streamline project approval timelines across the country by completing project reviews within a year.
On Sept. 21, Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon introduced the feds' first pieces of legislation for the fall sitting, Bill C-39, which proposes a series of changes aimed at speeding up project approval timelines.

On the first day of Parliament after the summer recess, the Liberals introduced a sweeping 232-page bill that will alter impact assessment law and the Canadian Labour Code, aimed at furthering the feds’ nation-building agenda. 

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