Bill C-69 threatens natural resources investments, institute warns

Bill C-69 – the legislation the Canadian government introduced last year to overhaul federal environmental assessments for major projects – threatens to further depress investment in the “already depressed” natural resources sector, research institute CD Howe has warned. In a new report, ‘A crisis of our own making: Prospects for major natural projects in Canada’ authored by Grant Bishop and Grant Sprague, CD Howe warns that projects will be “unnecessary exposed” to political risk.