Aboriginals urge PM to balance priorities

Harper defends government's 'one project, one review' environmental approval process

The government's push for "one project, one review" when it comes to major projects will be coming to the North, says Prime Minister Stephen Harper, further pushing his belief that the Arctic's natural resources will propel Canada's future economic hopes.

Local aboriginals told Harper that development has to be balanced with environmental concerns - concerns that have followed the "one project, one review" principle brought in earlier this summer.

By Jordan Press, Postmedia News August 22, 2012

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