Weakening of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act means approximately 90 per cent of major industry projects that would have undergone a federal review no longer will, according to the report.

West Coast Environmental Law (WCEL) and Quebec Environmental Centre did an analysis of all the policy and laws that have been re-written since the Harper government came to power.

Karine Peloffy, director general of the Quebec Environmental Law Centre, said Canada's environmental legislation is intrinsically tied into the fabric of the country's democracy.

"Our waters, species, and our very democracy have been put at risk by changes made to our environmental laws since 2011," Peloffy said.

"When these legal changes were first brought in, we could only speculate about the impacts they would have on Canadians and the environment. Unfortunately, our analysis indicates that our fears have been borne out on the ground."

'Canadian federal legislative changes over the past four years reveals a systemic dismantling of Canada's environmental laws. Since 2012 the federal Harper government has weakened or repealed many of Canada's oldest and most important environmental laws at industry's request, putting Canada's environment, communities and democracy at risk.' - from the introduction to Canada's Track Record on Environmental Laws 2011-2015 released by WCEL.

Manitoba Wildlands will be watching to see reversal of many environment law changes. We all need to consider what new Environment Laws and protection are needed.

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