Canada’s Resource Sector Struggling With Regulations, COVID-19

Canada’s Resource Sector Struggling With Regulations, COVID-19
Pipeline pipes are loaded onto a truck at a Trans Mountain facility near Hope, B.C., on Aug. 22, 2019. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
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Canada’s oil and gas industry is struggling under new regulations that could see the sector decline even as the United States and China expand their own resource industries, experts warn.
The economic downturn brought on by COVID-19 has raised the stakes amid a new regulatory environment that includes more challenging environmental reviews under Bill C-69, which implemented the Impact Assessment Act last summer and expanded the review process for projects ranging from pipelines and ports to mine expansions.