World Wildlife Fund Canada raises concerns over Bill C-5

Senator Clement Concerned about Bill C-5

JASON SETNYK Senator Bernadette Clement voiced strong concerns in the Senate about Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, warning that the government’s push to streamline project approvals risks silencing the very communities most affected by its consequences. “I understand the urgency of this legislation,” Clement said. “But we shouldn’t be rushing at the expense of actually listening to the people who will be most negatively impacted by this …

World Wildlife Fund Canada raises concerns over Bill C-5

If the country fast-tracks development and exempts things from environmental regulation, Karen Saunders, WWF Canada’s vice president of wildlife and industry, says it can sort of risk repeating the same mistakes that were made in the past.