Bill C-39 dismantles Canada’s environmental policy ‘beyond anything we’ve ever seen,’ say climate groups  

While one Greenpeace campaigner says the legislation grants cabinet ‘unchecked discretion’ to circumvent environmental laws, for CSG Senator Clément Gignac, it’s ‘a very large positive step in the right direction’ for the economy.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first piece of legislation introduced in Parliament’s fall sitting, the Building Canada Strong Act, is facing criticism for changes that would grant cabinet broad powers to circumvent laws for projects built in regions designated in the national interest.

Environmental groups are sounding the alarm on the federal government's Building Canada Strong Act as an “astonishing undermining of environmental law,” saying it gives cabinet the authority to approve virtually any project—across the country—regardless of its enviro...

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