Americas > FEATURE: Major Canadian bill paves way for setting aside environmental protections

FEATURE: Major Canadian bill paves way for setting aside environmental protections

Published 16:23 on June 25, 2025 / Last updated at 16:29 on June 25, 2025 / / Americas, Biodiversity, Canada

Canada’s federal government is days away from rubberstamping new powers that will allow it to opt out of the country’s core environmental protection policies to approve unnamed “national interest projects”, experts say.
Canada’s federal government is days away from rubberstamping new powers that will allow it to opt out of the country’s core environmental protection policies to approve unnamed “national interest projects”, experts say.


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