Statement: Restoring environmental laws
Channel: Linda Duncan
Date: 05/05/2017

in the election, the government promised to defend the environment by restoring environmental laws and processes eviscerated by Stephen Harper, yet now in office, the Liberals just repeat that tiresome Conservative refrain, “We are balancing the environment with economic development”.

Despite endless consultations, they have not enacted a single new strengthened environmental measure, but they had no reluctance expediting major resource project approvals relying on Stephen Harper's emasculated assessment process.

No action is yet taken to restore protections to the Fisheries Act. The Liberal majority transport committee has recommended against restoring the Navigable Rivers Protection Act, and Canadians are again being forced to sue the government for protection of threatened species. 
We are growing weary counting election promises broken. What ever happened to that heart-felt pledge to protect the environment?