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. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
‘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.
