Canadian Environment protection disappears overnight from web description of federal bill

Environment protection disappears overnight from web description of federal bill by The Canadian Press, October 24, 2012, Calgary Herald
The word “environment” was suddenly deleted from a federal government website that described Conservative proposals to change the law protecting Canada’s navigable waterways. The Navigable Waters Protection Act is being altered as part of the government’s latest omnibus budget bill. The proposed changes would make the Act apply to fewer bodies of water than before…. The NDP pointed out on Tuesday that the government’s own “Frequently Asked Questions” about the Act posted on the Internet stated that the changes reflected the government’s “ongoing concern towards maintaining the safety of public navigation and the environment.” It also referred to companies potentially constructing “dangerous works in navigable waters.” But by Wednesday, that section of the Transport Canada website had been altered to remove the reference to the environment and the dangerous works. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair called the deletion “Orwellian.” “It’s Orwellian, they made their website disappear. … They want to make the environment disappear. … Transport Minister Denis Lebel said the original content on the website was a mistake. [Emphasis added]

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