a deadline of 5pm Eastern time for written submissions on CEAA is now imposed by the ruling majority;
the Library of Parliament analysts until December 6 to produce “a draft
version of the Committee’s report to the House of Commons (“the draft
report”) regarding the statutory review of the Canadian Environmental
Assessment Act (CEAA), with recommendations including:
1. The inefficiencies of current practices and the need for improving
processes;
2. Duplication of environmental assessment activities which cause
unnecessary delays in the overall process;
3. Ambiguities which exist in the current CEAA legislation;
4. Other timeline issues;
5. How to address small projects;
6. CEAA triggering mechanisms;
7. Concerns brought forward by project proponents and stakeholders;
8. Substitution and equivalency as options for EA;
9. Simplifying the process when and where possible; and
10. Improving predictability and consistency in processes.”
In other words,.. the TAR (oil) sands seems like a great idea!
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