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The Environment

During Question Period on the environment, members exchanged views over Bill C-39, which deals with how major projects such as pipelines are assessed and approved. Yves Perron of the Bloc Québécois said the bill removes environmental protections, arguing that pipelines would be exempt from full environmental impact assessments and instead judged by the Canada Energy Regulator, whose members he described as coming largely from the oil industry, and that companies could begin work before reviews were finished. Government House leader Steven MacKinnon responded that the bill does not lower environmental standards or interfere in Quebec’s jurisdictions, that robust environmental assessments would still take place, and that federal regulators serve the whole country and rely on science regardless of where they are located. MacKinnon said the government wants to pass the bill to speed up project approvals and create jobs.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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