NDP MP Heather McPherson says her private member’s bill would remove a threshold on size that new coal mines must now cross before they are federally reviewed
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Alberta’s lone New Democrat member of Parliament is asking Ottawa to require that all coal-mining proposals go through a full federal environmental assessment.
She says the bill is in response to the large number of projects proposed in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains after the province’s United Conservative government removed a long-standing policy that protected the land in the region.After a loud public outcry, the policy was temporarily restored. First Nations, Alberta communities and environmental groups have already asked federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson for a review of many coal projects.
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