“Mr. Speaker, Bill C‑39 represents another another major step backward on environmental issues as well as on workers’ rights. The government would have people believe that the bill will not result in environmental rollbacks. It says environmental assessments will not be weakened. Leading environmental organizations and environmental law groups are unanimous. Ecojustice, West Coast Environmental Law, the Centre québécois du droit de l’environnement and Equiterre have all stated explicitly and unequivocally that the bill will result in major rollbacks. The government is not only introducing major rollbacks, it is also using the tariff crisis to implement permanent measures that would allow it to circumvent legislation. These discretionary powers were unacceptable to begin with, but they were subject to a five-year limit. Can someone explain to me why the government wants to remove that provision so it can make those powers permanent and permanently circumvent the law?”
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 6 wordsthere are two key questions there.ProcedureClaims · 75 wordsOn the first one, with respect to any type of weakening or dismantling of environmental protections, that is completely not the case.We are not removing in any way any of the impact assessments that examine the environmental effects.1What it does do is change who leads the review and how the departments work together, not the standards that apply.2Therefore, we are expediting it, but not in any way eliminating any of those standards.Promise · 23 wordsIf there are suggestions about how we can make that clear or improve that, I am happy to hear about them at committee.Reasoning · 39 wordsWith respect to why we have removed the five-year clause around building Canada strong, a lot of these projects take more than five years to build.3Our investors need certainty, which is the reason that clause was taken away.
