Don't Ya Just Love...

...the Federal system of government? Passing the buck is a time honoured tradition.

Conservatives to consolidate, speed environmental reviews

"The Conservative government's overhaul of environmental assessments will consolidate federal reviews into three departments, focus resources on major projects and hand significant ecological oversight to the provinces.

The Harper government's legislative plan for "responsible resource development," announced Tuesday by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, will — as mentioned in the federal budget — also impose fixed timelines of up to 24 months for environmental reviews of major oil and gas and mining projects."

That howling sound you hear is David Suzuki and fellow leftards. It's a beautiful sound, wouldn't you say?

Meanwhile, Harper is in South America shaking things up. Or maybe it was Shillary or Dr. Fruitfly shaking in rage at the bullies. Or fracking.