| Canada to Deregulate Environmental Assessment | 12 February 09 |
 The Canadian government intends to deregulate environmental assessment of development projects by replacing the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act with a much weaker, more limited law says Sierra Club Canada. "Environment Minister Jim Prentice intends to deregulate federal environmental assessment in much the same way that George Bush deregulated the financial services industry and Mike Harris deregulated control of drinking water supplies," said Stephen Hazell, executive director of Sierra Club Canada. "Duplication of environment assessment effort has largely been eliminated due to the efforts of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency as well as the Major Projects Management Office established by the Harper government a year ago," said Will Amos, Ecojustice lawyer and Sierra Club Canada board director. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act was enacted by the Conservative government of Brian Mulroney in 1992. View January 22, 2009 Sierra Club Canada News ReleaseView The Citizen's Guide: Canadian Environmental Assessment Process View March 2008 Canadian Environmental Network report, ENGO Concerns for the Review of the CEAA (PDF) Sources: Sierra Club Canada, Ecojustice |
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