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          <title>Three Gaping Holes in Trudeau’s Attempt to Fix Canada’s Environmental Laws</title>
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          <dc:creator>Chris Tollefson</dc:creator>

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               Bill C-69               </category>
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          <title>Is Trudeau Quietly Turning His Back On Fixing Canada’s Environmental Laws?</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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               Aerin Jacob               </category>
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               Chris Tollefson               </category>
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               cumulative impacts               </category>
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               Elizabeth May               </category>
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               Justin Trudeau               </category>
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               Katie Gibbs               </category>
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          <title>Outgoing B.C. Liberals Issue Mining Permits in Tsilhqot’in Territory During Wildfire Evacuation</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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               B.C. Liberals               </category>
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               B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines               </category>
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          <title>3 Ways B.C. Could Stop Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline</title>
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          <pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 20:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>James Wilt</dc:creator>

                    <category> Explainer </category>
          
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               Analysis               </category>
                              <category>
               andrew weaver               </category>
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               Chris Tollefson               </category>
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               Democracy               </category>
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               environmental law               </category>
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               Jessica Clogg               </category>
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               Kinder Morgan               </category>
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               Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain               </category>
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               Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and Litigation               </category>
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               Rachel Notley               </category>
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               Trans Mountain Pipeline               </category>
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               West Coast Environmental Law               </category>
               

          
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          <title>Will a Repackaged National Energy Board Be Able to Meet Canada’s 21st Century Challenges?</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2017 02:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Chris Tollefson</dc:creator>

                    <category> Opinion </category>
          
                         <category>
               Chris Tollefson               </category>
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               climate change               </category>
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               Government               </category>
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               Indigenous Rights               </category>
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               national energy board               </category>
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               NEB review               </category>
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          <title>Canada On Precipice of ‘Huge Step Forward’ For Environmental Assessments</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 21:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>James Wilt</dc:creator>

                    <category> News </category>
          
                         <category>
               Aerin Jacobs               </category>
                              <category>
               Anna Johnston               </category>
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               Chris Tollefson               </category>
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               cumulative impacts               </category>
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               EA review               </category>
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               environmental assessment               </category>
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               Government               </category>
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               national energy board               </category>
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          <title>Federal Government Hit With Multiple Legal Challenges Against Pacific Northwest LNG Project</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/federal-government-hit-multiple-legal-challenges-against-pacific-northwest-lng-project/</link>
          <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 19:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

                    <category> News </category>
          
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               Chris Tollefson               </category>
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               Flora Banks               </category>
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               Gitanyow First Nation               </category>
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               Gitwilgyoots First Nation               </category>
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               salmon               </category>
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               salmon habitat               </category>
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               Skeena River               </category>
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          <title>Laws Needed to Protect Citizens from Industry, Government SLAPP Suits: B.C. Civil Liberties Association</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/laws-needed-protect-citizens-industry-government-slapp-suits-b-c-civil-liberties-association/</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

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               BC Civil Liberties Association               </category>
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               Christy Clark               </category>
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               Kinder Morgan               </category>
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               Michael Vonn               </category>
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               Micheal Vonn               </category>
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               Pacific Centre for Environmental Law and Litigatoin               </category>
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               Site C               </category>
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          <title>New Public Interest Law Office to Fight B.C.’s Biggest Environmental Battles</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/new-public-interest-law-office-fight-b-c-s-biggest-environmental-battles/</link>
          <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2016 23:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

                    <category> News </category>
          
                         <category>
               Anthony Ho               </category>
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               Canadian Environmental Assessment Act               </category>
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               Center Top               </category>
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               Chris Tollefson               </category>
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               News               </category>
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               Northern Gateway               </category>
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               Site C               </category>
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          <title>10 Reasons Ottawa Should Rebuild Our Environmental Assessment Law from Scratch</title>
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          <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Chris Tollefson</dc:creator>

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               Aboriginal Rights and Title               </category>
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               Canadian Environmental Assessment Act               </category>
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               Chris Tollefson               </category>
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               Kinder Morgan               </category>
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               Northern Gateway               </category>
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          <title>BC Hydro Suing Opponents of Site C Dam in SLAPP-style Suit, Legal Experts Say</title>
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          <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2016 22:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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          <dc:creator>Sarah Cox</dc:creator>

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                         <category>
               Arlene Boon               </category>
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               BC Civil Liberties Association               </category>
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               Chris Tollefson               </category>
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               Helen Knott               </category>
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