Sentences with phrase «federal environmental assessment processes»

Yet, concerns have arisen about the extent to which Federal environmental assessment processes have overstepped Constitutional boundaries into matters which are regulated across the country at the Provincial level.

I intend to confine my comments to the Constitutional division of powers which must underpin Federal environmental assessment processes carried out in relation to private development on privately - owned or Provincial Crown land.

Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this review of Federal environmental assessment processes.

This morning, the Expert Panel appointed by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change released its recommendations for reforming federal environmental assessment processes.

According to a press release, «Panel members were selected based on their knowledge, experience and expertise relevant to federal environmental assessment processes.

In November 2015, the Prime Minister mandated several Cabinet Ministers to review four of Canada's environmental laws and processes: the Fisheries Act, Navigation Protection Act, the National Energy Board, and federal environmental assessment processes.

Prime Minister Trudeau has mandated no fewer than five cabinet ministers (Environment and Climate Change, Natural Resources, Fisheries, Indigenous and Norther Affairs, and Science) with reviewing federal environmental assessment processes, with the aim of introducing «new, fair processes.»

This opportunity is perhaps most pronounced in the reviews of federal environmental assessment processes and the National Energy Board (NEB).

Victoria — Changes to the federal environmental assessment process, along with deep budget cuts, will weaken environmental protection in British Columbia say the B.C. New Democrats.

The current Liberal Federal Government is moving full - swing in its promised amendments to the legislation governing the federal environmental assessment process and the environmental protection provisions related to the Federal Fisheries power.

Lead counsel for the Dene Tha» First Nation in its successful challenge of the federal environmental assessment process for the Mackenzie Gas Project, which fundamentally altered the way in which governments approached consultation on environmental assessments.

The Liberals were less emphatic during the campaign than the NDP, but they did promise to toughen the federal environmental assessment process for approving mega projects.

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They are currently in the process of filing an application to the Supreme Court of Canada «seeking leave to appeal a Federal Court of Appeal decision that sets a damaging precedent for the future of environmental assessment law in Canada.»

In a similar vein, environmental assessments do not fall solely within federal jurisdiction: rather, provincial and Indigenous jurisdictions overlap federal jurisdiction, leading to a need to coordinate processes and decisions.

They also made the environmental law rollbacks an election issue in 2015 and led the Prime Minister to direct his cabinet ministers to undertake the review of four major federal environmental laws, processes and bodies: the Fisheries Act, Navigation Protection Act, environmental assessment processes and the National Energy Board.

Transitioning to next generation environmental assessment will necessitate removing authority from the regulators and placing it with a separate federal authority, one equipped to engage in broader, more collaborative and deliberative planning processes.

They are acting as if they are in the midst of a federal or provincial environmental assessment process but they are not — they haven't even filed any detailed plans with the National Energy Board.

Legal materials to be filed in the Federal Court of Appeal will demonstrate that, among other things, the NEB lacked legal authority to start its review process because of the federal government's failure to first consult Tsleil - Waututh on key decisions about the environmental assessment and regulatory review of the pFederal Court of Appeal will demonstrate that, among other things, the NEB lacked legal authority to start its review process because of the federal government's failure to first consult Tsleil - Waututh on key decisions about the environmental assessment and regulatory review of the pfederal government's failure to first consult Tsleil - Waututh on key decisions about the environmental assessment and regulatory review of the project.

Gillian also regularly works on environmental assessment reviews as well as other federal and provincial regulatory review processes.

Environmental assessment processes led by the Provinces, the Federal Government or First Nations, ought to accord weight to these legal sources.

Since the recent federal election there has been much discussion (and as my colleague Eugene Kung notes, an abundance of open letters) about the Liberal party's election promise to «review Canada's environmental assessment (EA) processes and introduce new, fair processes» for reviewing projects (or re-reviewing them, as in the case of major proposals like the controversial Kinder Morgan and Energy East oil sands pipeline and tankers projects).

At this time, private developments on Provincial Crown land which are subject to Provincial environmental assessment and control must undergo the screening process even if no Federal permits or other actions will be required.

It was determined that, once a Federal decision - making process was properly engaged, the Federal environmental assessment could and should contemplate all impacts on areas of Federal responsibility, but no more than that.

All Federal environmental assessment regimes prior to CEAA 2012 relied upon a triggering mechanism that placed the finding of a Federal ground of jurisdiction at the beginning of the process.

Federal reviews of environmental assessment processes and the National Energy Board: The federal government recently announced several long - awaited reviews of environmental legislation including reviews of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA), the National Energy Board (NEB) by two independent Federal reviews of environmental assessment processes and the National Energy Board: The federal government recently announced several long - awaited reviews of environmental legislation including reviews of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA), the National Energy Board (NEB) by two indepeenvironmental assessment processes and the National Energy Board: The federal government recently announced several long - awaited reviews of environmental legislation including reviews of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA), the National Energy Board (NEB) by two independent federal government recently announced several long - awaited reviews of environmental legislation including reviews of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA), the National Energy Board (NEB) by two indepeenvironmental legislation including reviews of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA), the National Energy Board (NEB) by two indepeEnvironmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA), the National Energy Board (NEB) by two independent panels.

Downstream Emissions in Canada's New Environmental Assessment «Climate Test» In late January 2016, Canada's federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr, announced interim changes to environmental assessment processes as part of «efforts to restore public Environmental Assessment «Climate Test» In late January 2016, Canada's federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr, announced interim changes to environmental assessment processes as part of «efforts to restore public environmental assessment processes as part of «efforts to restore public trust.»