Also on Thursday, senators adopted a heavily-amended version of another contentious natural resources bill, C-69, which is now headed back to the House of Commons for review. The Senate energy committee adopted 188 changes to Bill C-69 on Thursday, the most proposed by the upper house on government legislation in decades. Environment Canada also proposed amendments that were tabled through Sen. Mitchell. In a written statement, McKenna said her office is “carefully considering” the proposed amendments to Bill C-69. Bill C-69 has been broadly supported by a number of industry associations, including the Mining Association of Canada, who also forwarded proposed amendments.

Source: National Post June 06, 2019 20:42 UTC