What will Canada’s future look like, what kind of Canada will our children inherited?
Within the last two years, Canada has seen major changes.
Bill C-45 has deregulated some of Canada’s key environmental laws, including changes to the Navigable Waters protection Act that stripped down the protection of Canada’s approximate 32,000 lakes to just 97 lakes. Overnight we lost the protection of thousands of Canadian lakes!
Major pipelines are also exempted under the new law, meaning the scope of impacts considered during environmental reviews will be narrower.
What could be the reason to abolish protection of Canada’s lakes? Lakes, rivers and streams often stand in the path of large industrial development, particular pipelines.
The Harper government handed the oil, gas and other natural-resource extraction industries a free pass to degrade Canada’s rich natural legacy.
Exploration ones again is far more important than environmental protection.
Ilse Quick
Lacombe