The Environment
During Question Period on the environment, members debated Bill C-39, legislation that would speed up approvals for major projects, including pipelines, by shortening timelines for assessments and consultations. Marilène Gill of the Bloc Québécois said the bill lets pipelines bypass environmental reviews, suspends environmental laws in areas designated of national interest, and limits Indigenous consultations to one year; she also raised a lawsuit by fifteen young people alleging the government has failed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and urged the government to change course rather than fight them. Liberal ministers Dominic LeBlanc and Steven MacKinnon replied that the bill is meant to get good projects built faster in a rigorous and responsible way, that speed does not mean lowering environmental standards or ignoring duties to First Nations, and that projects like Churchill Falls would create thousands of jobs as large renewable energy undertakings.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .
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