The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr says Ottawa is focused on regulatory efficiency as it overhauls the environmental assessment regime amid fears the Liberals are burdening the resource sector with too much regulation. The Globe's Shawn McCarthy writes that at their meeting in New Brunswick on Tuesday, Mr. Carr and his provincial colleagues agreed to assess the competitiveness of the country's resource sector, as major international oil and gas firms retreat from Canada. The Liberal government proposes to introduce legislation that will overhaul the National Energy Board, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency and other key laws governing resource development. Mr. Carr's stated goal is to restore trust that he says was lost after the former Conservative government changed the environmental review process just five years ago with a goal of speeding project approvals. Mr. Carr says the current government remains committed to resource development -- done sustainably and with far greater participation of indigenous people. He says, "We think there's a very important value in getting resources to market sustainably."