Rick Peterson: Let’s give the royal boot to Bill C-69

Canada is on the brink of rushing into law the worst piece of resource legislation this country has seen since the 1980-85 National Energy Program.
Called the Impact Assessment Act, Bill C-69 is an ill-considered bill to radically re-write the rules for reviewing resource projects. It is poorly written, opaque and opens up new and wide avenues for litigation that would tie project approvals up in court forever.
Bill C-69 introduces numerous new factors that must be considered in reviews, many of