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Environmental Assessment Bill C-69 enters final stretch in Senate; Red Chamber divided on Tanker Ban Bill amendments
By Peter Mazereeuw Jun. 17, 2019
The Senate passed four priority government bills back to the House with amendments late last week.
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured during a funding announcement for the 50 Million Tree program on June 5, 2019, in Ottawa, could see the most important piece of legislation under her watch this Parliament passed in the coming days. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
PARLIAMENT HILL—With nearly 100 amendments from the Senate—on top of about 100 from the House—the government’s environmental assessment reform legislation is entering its final stretch in the Senate, with debate on the government’s message on the amendments rejected and accepted expected to begin as early as this evening.
Peter MazereeuwPeter Mazereeuw is a deputy editor for The Hill Times covering politics, legislation, and the Senate.
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