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Since achieving a majority in the May 2011 election, the Conservative government has been rewriting or repealing laws governing environmental assessments, navigable waterways and other measures it says are an impediment to major resource developments. The Polaris study contends oil industry lobbyists are behind the policy changes. The amount of face time the oil industry gets in Ottawa in personal meetings and other correspondence greatly exceeds the time afforded other major industries in Canada, Daniel Cayley-Daoust, one of the reports authors, said in a release. No one doubts the hold the oil industry has on this current government, but it is important Canadians are aware that such a high rate of lobbying to federal ministers has strong policy implications. The study claims environmental groups have been all but shut out by the Conservative government, judging by lobbyist registry contacts. theloop.ca/news/all/national/article/-/a/671949/Oil-and-gas-lobbying-dominates-in-Ottawa-dwarfs-other-industries-study
Posted on: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:48:52 +0000

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