MiningWatch Canada Applauds the Senate’s Sober Second Thought to Protect Environmental Assessment in Canada http://www.miningwatch.ca/en/c9_sober_2nd_thought+

News release: After a day of lively discussion and submissions from many stakeholders, the Senate Committee on National Finance removed problematic and non-budgetary aspects of Bill C9 - the Budget Implementation Bill. Section 20 of the bill, which proposes major changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, was among the sections removed.