Senators bowing to oil industry pressure to gut assessment bill, environmentalists say | CBC News
Ecojustice lawyer Joshua Ginsberg says Bill C-69 as originally
written struck a delicate balance on the need for Canada to build major
new energy and transportation projects without harming the environment
or contributing further to climate change.
written struck a delicate balance on the need for Canada to build major
new energy and transportation projects without harming the environment
or contributing further to climate change.
“Now it’s going to swing way over to the industry side,” he said.
“The oil and gas industry is running amok in a Senate process and that is scary because they are only one stakeholder.”