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The Paris To Projects Research Initiative, Robert B. Gibson, Karine Peloffy, Meinhard Doelle
The Paris To Projects Research Initiative, Robert B. Gibson, Karine Peloffy, Meinhard Doelle
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This working paper explores the key components and provisions that need to be incorporated into impact assessment legislation to ensure that assessed undertakings help meet Canadian climate change mitigation commitments and duties.
This discussion paper includes a summary that serves as a basic briefing note on the core climate components that should be included in the new federal legislation. It also includes a box presenting the tests for determining an undertaking's contributions to meeting Canada's international climate change mitigation commitments, and a more detailed discussion of implications for the new law.
Paris To Projects Research Initiative, Robert B. Gibson, Karine Peloffy, Meinhard Doelle
Paris To Projects Research Initiative, Robert B. Gibson, Karine Peloffy, Meinhard Doelle
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This working paper explores the key components and provisions that need to be incorporated into impact assessment legislation to ensure that assessed undertakings help meet Canadian climate change mitigation commitments and duties.
This discussion paper includes a summary that serves as a basic briefing note on the core climate components that should be included in the new federal legislation. It also includes a box presenting the tests for determining an undertaking's contributions to meeting Canada's international climate change mitigation commitments, and a more detailed discussion of implications for the new law.
The Proposed New Federal Impact Assessment Act (Iaa) Under Bill C-69: Assessment & Reform Proposals, Meinhard Doelle
The Proposed New Federal Impact Assessment Act (Iaa) Under Bill C-69: Assessment & Reform Proposals, Meinhard Doelle
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This working paper starts with an overview of the proposed Canadian Impact Assessment Act (CIAA), introduced in Parliament in February 2018 as part of Bill C-69. The Bill was introduced following a multi-year consultation effort by the federal government on how to improve the federal assessment and decision-making process in Canada to regain public trust in the process and federal project decisions. Following a general overview of the key changes, the paper offers a detailed assessment of three key elements of the proposed reforms, the Review Panel process, public participation, follow-up, and the role of strategic and regional assessments under …