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a-johnston.bsky.social @a-johnston.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Been a while since I posted and sharing this article is a perfect jump back in. If passed, #Canada's #BillC-39 will implement an unprecedented and breathtaking environmental deregulation agenda. Environmental laws aren't red tape. They're a safety net. energymixweekender.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...

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A Modest Proposal for a New Project of National Interest

A Critical Opioids Strategy would make Canada the world’s fentanyl superpower. After the last week’s oil and gas news, “let it marinate for a minute,” writes climate policy analyst Aaron Cosbey.

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a-johnston.bsky.social @a-johnston.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I would argue that for a project to be in our "national interest" it needs to respect Indigenous rights, align with our climate and biodiversity targets and deliver lasting and equitably-distributed benefits. #BillC-5 #cdnpoli www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

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Environment groups want ‘national interest’ defined in Liberals' One Economy law

The government needs to have a 'national conversation' about what it means to have a project meet Bill C-5's criteria, says Anna Johnston, a staff lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law.

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a-johnston.bsky.social @a-johnston.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

For more details on what #BillC-5 does, check out this blog: www.wcel.org/blog/bill-c-... It was written prior to the House amendments. One change from what the blog says is that relevant information about projects must be made publicly available. It's arguably C-5's one redeeming feature. #cdnpoli

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Bill C-5: Building Canada Act, or the Anti-Democracy, Nation-Dividing Act?

By sidelining scientific rigour and public oversight of those projects, Bill C-5 could put Canadians at risk while failing to address the immediate needs of Canadians whose employment and cost of livi...

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