Title
WCS Canada Comments - EA Review Draft ToR - July 2016
Author(s)
Cheryl Chetkiewicz, Justina Ray, and Don Reid
Published
2016
Publisher
[Correspondence]
Abstract
The Minister of Environment and Climate Change was mandated to review federal environmental assessment processes associated with the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012). One of the first tasks was to establish an Expert Panel to lead the review. We applauded the initiation of a much-needed review of federal environmental assessment processes, but remain concerned about the limited definition of Environmental Assessment (EA) constraining the mandate of the independent Expert Panel, the lack of coordination with related reviews of northern EA processes, expectations and processes regarding consultation and engagement with outside parties (Indigenous, public and expert), and the adequacy of support for the Panel. We provide recommendations to help address each of these concerns.
Full Citation
[Correspondence] Chetkiewicz, Cheryl, Justina Ray, Justina and Reid, Don (2016). Comments on “Review of environmental assessment processes: expert panel draft terms of reference” (Federal Environmental Assessment Review)
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