Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s federal government has been signalling for some time its intent to significantly ‘streamline’ environmental protection requirements in Canada, especially as they apply to oil, gas and mining projects. The full scope of the government’s plans has …

The following summary of the environmental implications of the 2012 Federal and Ontario Budgets draws on the work of Chris Winter of the Conservation Council of Ontario ( http://www.weconserve.ca/cco/) as well as environmental lawyer Diane Saxe More commentary from me …