Companies should help cover cost of environmental reviews: MP – CBC
Mar 20, 2015
Tlicho injunction delays federal government’s ability to charge companies for costs
A recent injunction won by the Tlicho Government doesn’t just delay the federal government’s launch of a Northwest Territories land and water superboard.
It also puts another government plan on ice: creating new rules allowing for mining companies to be charged for a portion of the cost of the environmental reviews the companies go through.
Both changes to the regulatory system were contained in last year’s sweeping N.W.T. devolution bill but weren’t scheduled to take effect until April 1 of this year.
