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Statutory review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act : Examen prévu par la loi de la loi canadienne sur l'evaluation environnementale : protéger l'environnement, gérer les ressources : rapport du Comité permanent de l'environnement et du développement durable

9 Mar 2012

STATUTORY REVIEW OF THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT: PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, MANAGING OUR RESOURCES Report of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development Mark Warawa, M. P. Chair MARCH 2012 41st PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION Reproduction of the proceedings of the House of Common [...] The Government of Nova Scotia asserted that the Committee “should 7 consider the application of timelines to all federal assessments”.9 The Government of British Columbia pointed out that the EA timelines in that province mean that it takes on average 200 more days for the federal government to render a decision than it does for BC to do so.10 In their written submissions to the Committee, the Gov [...] They all amount to the same proposition — that the “CEAA is not the only process capable of delivering a robust EA.”19 The federal government should be able to rely, to a limited extent or entirely, on a provincial EA, provided that process meets the main objectives of the CEAA. [...] As suggested by a number of witnesses, the Committee is of the opinion that the CEAA should be amended to empower the CEA Agency to determine that another jurisdiction’s EA process fulfils the requirements of the federal process, and therefore that an EA carried out under that jurisdiction is equivalent to an EA required under the CEAA. [...] Specifically, British Columbia proposed that the CEAA be amended to include the following section: A project is exempt from the requirement to conduct an assessment under this Act where an environmental assessment is required to be conducted, with respect to the project, under the legislation of a province listed in Schedule XX.21 Recommendation 7 The Committee recommends that the Canadian Environ
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