Canada’s infrastructure projects could damage Pacific salmon habitats

Impact assessments, fisheries protections and species-at-risk legislation are not administrative inconveniences; they are safeguards designed to manage environmental risk before damage occurs. (Fengkai Liu/Unsplash) The Canadian government is proposing sweeping changes to accelerate industrial development and reduce environmental oversight. These proposed legislative, regulatory and policy reforms could significantly diminish the government’s capacity to assess environmental impacts and weaken…