Senate under pressure to overhaul controversial Bill C-69. Industry lobbying senators for changes to proposed environmental assessment laws John Paul Tasker ~~ CBC News ~~ Mar 17, 2019 The federal Liberal government's controversial overhaul of environmental assessment legislation has united virtually every major natural resource industry association in opposition —they're asking the Senate committee studying Bill C-69 to make some fixes to avoid threatening the viability of key sectors of the economy ... the government itself has recognized it may have to agree to some tweaks to get the legislation ... through the Red Chamber. Since the Senate began its study of Bill C-69 last month, however, industry representatives from the oil and gas, hydro, nuclear and uranium sectors have appeared before the energy committee with a long list of suggested amendments. Rather than a few tweaks, these industries are proposing major rewrites. While the gove...
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