Federal budget may rile environmentalists

[CHIMO]

Next week's budget will propose a streamlined environmental assessment process, something that will delight the oil patch and give provinces a larger say over resource development.

But one part under consideration for the package — reforms to the Fisheries Act that would end federal oversight over much of the country's fresh water — is proving difficult for some provinces to swallow, sources say.

The environmental changes will be pitched as part of a major theme of the budget: get government out of the way and let corporations flourish.

They will reflect commitments made increasingly frequently by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his environment and natural resource ministers, to remove barriers to investment and development.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/03/21/budget-environmental-cp.html

Water water everywhere....
http://canadians.org/blog/?p=14098

[Swede]

1. Stevie really wants to tear us down and start all over in some rightwing image.

He has 5 years to do this. Damn.