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A proposed silver-zinc mine, the Kudz Ze Kayah Project, has been subject to an impact assessment conducted by the Executive Committee (EC) of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board since 2017.
The EC submitted a Final Screening Report and Recommendation to ‘decision bodies’ (Natural Resources Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Government of the Yukon) in late October 2020 which recommended project approval but the report was deficient in how conclusions were reached on significant adverse environmental and potential effects on Indigenous rights.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Natural Resources Canada, being the Federal Decision Bodies (FDBs), referred the Screening Report and Recommendation back to the Executive Committee for further reconsideration.
The Government of Canada has committed to planting two billion trees over the next ten years. On January 28, 2021, media reports quote the Parliamentary Budget Officer who says that this commitment will cost $2.78 billion more than planned.
Increasing Francophone immigration to reach a target of 4.4% of French-speaking immigrants outside Quebec by 2023
Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, which carries Canadian oil from Superior, Wisconsin, through the water of the Great Lakes at the Straits of Mackinac to Sarnia, Ontario, is a concern in Michigan.
On November 13, 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the state is revoking Enbridge’s 1953 authorization (its ‘easement’) to operate Line 5 through the Straits of Mackinac. The state is citing alleged violations of the easement agreement by Enbridge in operating the dual Line 5 pipelines over the years, which Michigan sees as an unreasonable oil spill risk, and is giving the company 180 days to cease operations (to May 12). Enbridge is fighting the shutdown notice in federal court claiming the notice is in violation of federal laws and the Canada-US pipeline treaty. Enbridge is also fighting other parallel lawsuits that Michigan filed in state court.
The Government of Canada is working to promote diversity and inclusion in the public service.
What is the Government of Canada doing to equip Canadian entrepreneurs to protect and leverage their intellectual property (IP)?
The Government of Canada maintains its commitment to better protect employees in federally regulated sectors through the introduction of administrative monetary penalties for federally regulated private-sector employers subject to Part II and Part III of the Canada Labour Code.
Measures taken by the Government to combat money laundering and strengthen Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering / Anti-Terrorism Financing Regime.