Tell the Senate not to leave us up the creek without a paddle.
The federal government has included drastic and harmful amendments to the Navigable Waters Protection Act (NWPA), in Part 7 of the Budget Implementation Act, Bill C-10. The bill is now going to the Senate.
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The NWPA establishes that, if someone wants to build something in, on, around, under, over, or through a navigable waterway, such projects are subject to an assessment of the impacts on navigation (ability to canoe, kayak, go rafting, etc) and an environmental assessment before they can be approved. That's reasonable. But the government wants to change the act to leave all that to the discretion of the Minister instead.
These amendments to the NWPA jeopardize both public access to and environmental health of Canadian waterways.
Our best hope now is for Canada's Senate (the Chamber of Sober Second Thought) to remove Part 7 on the NWPA from Bill C-10, so it can be dealt with in greater depth as a separate piece of legislation with full and adequate public stakeholder consultation.
Help us send a strong message to the Senate - lend your voice, speak for rivers!
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