The Ominous Omnibus - What will change

Tighter rules on political activities of charities Foreign charities must follow national interest More powers to punish charities Medical items and procedures to get tax exemptions New Environmental Assessment Act Fewer people permitted to access reviews Cabinet can add or remove parts of environment to undergo study Fewer projects to receive environmental reviews Minister can change assessment’s scope One-year time limit for assessments Feds can punt assessment job to provinces New rules for those who breach new assessment act Changes will retroactively affect current review panels National Energy Board to hold fewer public hearings Cabinet takes power from NEB Energy projects get time limit Fewer people to participate in hearings Power line permits can have smaller scope Energy projects’ impact on water ways now up to cabinet Environment no longer considered in power line permits More details on energy license violations Fisheries duties punted to provinces Fish habitat protections stripped Smaller projects gone, now dependent on minister Disposal at sea permits changed Permits to impact species at risk to grow longer Twelve Auditor General audits to be cut Treasury Board to scrap human resources reporting Alternative Fuels Report to end Parks Canada can opt out of environmental duties Fewer park reports Fewer reviews for national parks And fewer marine conservation area reviews CSIS Inspector General Minister can license fish for research Repeal of Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act to hurt workers, says NDP OAS: 65 going on 67 Environmental roundtable disappears Sayonara Kyoto! taken from http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/05/04/debate-the-bill-whats-your-take-on-c-38/