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‘The suggestion that the regulations have been softened or weakened is a misperception’

As the Canadian Press previewed earlier this week, Peter Kent has announced regulations for the coal-fired electricity sector that are weaker than what the Harper government proposed a year ago.

The quiet cuts

The RCMP will close forensic labs in Halifax, Winnipeg and Regina. The consulate in Buffalo will be closed. The British Columbia government is unhappy with the planned closure of a Canadian Coast Guard station in Kitsilano. And a team of pollution monitors will be cut.