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‘I got a lot of very, very angry mail’: interest groups ramp up pressure on Senate, government over sweeping environmental assessment bill C-69

‘It all becomes a blur. You can’t possibly read them all,’ said Independent Alberta Senator Paula Simons, who started getting emails on Bill C-69 before she was even sworn into the Senate.

Former Conservative Party leadership candidate Rick Peterson is one of the founders of Suits and Boots, a group devoted to stamping out Environment Minister Catherine McKenna's massive environmental assessment reform bill, C-69. Suits and Boots is just one of several non-profit groups trying to rally the Canadian public to tell Senators, including Independent Senator Paula Simons, right, how they feel about the bill. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, file photograph

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February 18, 2019

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‘I got a lot of very, very angry mail’: interest groups ramp up pressure on Senate, government over sweeping environmental assessment bill C-69

‘It all becomes a blur. You can’t possibly read them all,’ said Independent Alberta Senator Paula Simons, who started getting emails on Bill C-69 before she was even sworn into the Senate.

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