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Canada’s ‘major projects’ should not come at the cost of the environment
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An opinion piece argues that Canada's new initiative to fast-track major infrastructure projects contradicts its environmental protection commitments, citing threats to species like northern resident orcas.
Canada’s ‘major projects’ should not come at the cost of the environment
The northern resident orca is one of the species threatened by major infrastructure development in Canada. (Unsplash/Thomas Lipke)
The federal government recently released “Getting Major Projects Built in Canada,” a discussion paper proposing to fast-track major infrastructure developments.
The paper comes less than two months after A Force of Nature, the government’s new $3.8-billion strategy committing to protect 30 per cent of Canada’s lands and waters by 2030.
The dissonance between the two
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