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This was question period discussion of Bill C-39, which members described as a bill to speed up reviews of major projects, including pipelines and energy infrastructure. Bloc Québécois members said the bill favours oil companies, weakens environmental protections and endangered species rules, limits public and Indigenous consultation to a one-year window, and criticized Liberal and Conservative support for it, noting that a Liberal MP and some First Nations had spoken against it. Liberal members replied that the bill does not lower environmental standards or Indigenous consultation requirements, but makes the review process faster so clean energy projects can be built, supporting grid upgrades, heat pump programs, and net-zero goals, and said the government was open to improving the bill.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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