Title
WCS Canada comments on draft federal Impact Assessment Act (Bill C-69)
Author(s)
Justina Ray, Cheryl Chetkiewicz, Constance O'Connor and Meg Southee
Published
2018
Publisher
[Correspondence]
Abstract
Bill 6-C9 was introduced into Parliament in Feb 2018. It would repeal the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA 2012,) enact the new Impact Assessment Act, repeal the National Energy Board Act, enact the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, amend the Navigation Protection Act, and revise a number of other federal statutes. This submission contains the recommendations of WCS Canada staff on Bill C‐69, specifically the sections in the new Impact Assessment Act (Act) on regional and strategic impact assessment. To support our recommendations, we provide detailed information on the Ring of Fire in the Far North of Ontario. The Ring of Fire is an important case study for regional impact assessment that should inform project‐level impact assessment of individual mining and infrastructure proposals in remote region that is globally significant from ecological, social and economic perspectives where the risks of cumulative effects from multiple projects and climate change are significant. To date, the lack of legal pathway at either the federal or provincial level has provided no impetus for regional assessment in the region. We include 9 essential amendments for improving the regional and strategic impact assessment elements of the Act.
Full Citation
[Correspondence] WCS Canada comments, 2018. Re. Draft federal Impact Assessment Act (Bill C-69)

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