Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

A plan to build a new shipping container terminal the size of nearly 144 football fields at a major Metro Vancouver port has sparked a rival proposal along with concerns for endangered orcas and the salmon they depend on.

The head of the Mining Association of Canada says the hotly contested federal environmental assessment bill is welcome in the industry it will affect the most.

The CEO of Enbridge Inc. says it's "critical" to Canada's energy future that substantive changes are made to proposed federal legislation to revamp how big resource projects win federal approval.

A proposed federal bill that aims to change the way Ottawa assesses major energy projects was given a rough ride in Calgary on Tuesday, April 9, 2019.