Carney government scales back federal reviews for major energy projects

Canada Scales Back Regulatory Reviews of Energy Projects

Carney government scales back federal reviews for major energy projects

Mark Carney’s government is scaling back a major Trudeau-era environmental review process, a move environmental groups say will weaken oversight of some of Canada’s largest industrial projects.

Government exempts interprovincial pipelines from review by impact assessment agency

The federal government is moving ahead with changes that will exempt a number of energy projects from a layer of its environmental assessment process.

Carney government drops pipelines, oil and gas projects from Impact Assessment review

The more technical Canada Energy Regulator will solely review these projects, despite concerns voiced during consultations this summer that the move would weaken scrutiny of cumulative effects, species at risk, climate change and Indigenous rights.

Canada Scales Back Regulatory Reviews of Energy Projects

By Paul Vieira OTTAWA--Canada says proposed oil-and-gas pipelines, natural-gas plants and electricity-transmission lines would no longer be subject to a second assessment under a scheme...

Canada Removes Pipelines and Oil Sands From IAA Project List

Canada has cut the expected number of major projects entering the federal Impact Assessment Act process by 20% to 30%, but the government’s own analysis suggests the biggest practical change is a reassignment of reviews rather than their elimination. The regulations guidelines removes international and interprovincial pipelines, transmission lines, certain Canada Energy Regulator-regulated offshore and […]