Much of the Liberal platform in 2015 was driven by a George Costanza-type desire to “do the opposite” — in this case, the contrary of whatever position Stephen Harper’s Conservative government took.
On environmental regulation, the Trudeau Liberals were itching to repeal the 2012 Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, which resulted in far fewer project reviews than had taken place under the previous regime (although many more were killed later in the process by the courts).
