The Trudeau government is poised to introduce legislation this week to overhaul the way the federal government does environmental assessments on major energy projects like pipelines. Overhauling the National Energy Board and the environmental assessment process has been a priority for the Trudeau government from the outset. Carr was also charged with overhauling the National Energy Board. (CBC)'Read the discussion paper'The National Energy Board was first established in 1959. Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr's mandate letter called on him to modernize the National Energy Board.

Source: CBC News February 05, 2018 09:00 UTC