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OTTAWA — Environment Minister Catherine McKenna rejected the majority of industry-friendly amendments proposed for Ottawa’s sweeping bill to change how major projects get environmental approval, likely putting a final stamp on the controversial Bill C-69 and fuelling anger in the West.

The Liberal cabinet on Wednesday accepted 62 out of a total 229 amendments proposed by the Senate last week, rejecting 130 proposed changes. It also added its own alterations to 37 proposed changes for a total of 99 amendments approved — the highest on any piece of legislation since at least 1946.

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Industry groups, politicians and environmental advocates remained deeply divided on Wednesday over Bill C-69, which proposes to overhaul the environmental review process for major projects including anything from sea ports to oil pipelines.

Just seven per cent of the proposed changes put forward by Conservative senators on behalf of industry were accepted by the Liberal government, while 70 per cent of amendments proposed by the Independent Senators Group, a body established by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2016, were accepted.