First Nations often approve projects when its in their interest, and will have the same legal rights as they did before to negotiate benefits. Just read the bill.
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You are arguing that because unions aren't banned, the government isn't interfering in contract talks by legislating strikers back to work. They have the right to say no, hold out for a better deal.
Unless you have a fast and easy way to reverse climate change, pollution, and bring back extinct species. You can't just say 'we can repeal it if it turns out to be a mistake.' Go play God with another planet.
But I feel this is pointless, when you said if we elected Pierre, we would have gotten the same bill tabled, and apparently you would support it then too. This isn't a partisan thing, the bill is horrible law. We need rights and enviro protections to be protected, not thrown out when inconvenient.
I'm saying there's a consensus that it takes too long, costs too much and is too hard to get large projects through these days. As much as I'd love to evolve past the need for economic development, it's critical.
It "takes too long" because:
1. Evaluations take time.
2. The parties involved exercise all their legal rights to appeal decisions - both those whose lands will be affected AND the company proposing the project.
3. Recommendations are appealed rather than incorporated.
4. Negotiations with First Nations and local land owners is often done in exceptionally bad faith, knowing the project can be forced through by application of violence.
5. Proposing companies often have long histories of breaking promises.
Nobody talks about it, but Canada is fucked. We are entering a time when we'll have 10 million seniors drawing OAS, GIS, using 4x the average of health care, etc. There will be one retired person for ever 2.4 workers. We knew it was coming but didn't prepare for it at all.
Our only options are to A) raise taxes, B) cut benefits, C) immigration, D) cutting public services, or E) selling resources. Likely we'll have to do all of these things just to maintain any kind of status quo. It's sad, I am an environmentalist.
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1. Evaluations take time.
2. The parties involved exercise all their legal rights to appeal decisions - both those whose lands will be affected AND the company proposing the project.
3. Recommendations are appealed rather than incorporated.
5. Proposing companies often have long histories of breaking promises.
We are fucked because we have become a nation that worships millionaires instead of helping one another. Reaganomics has lobotomized us all.