Timelines placed on federal comprehensive studies The Establishing Timelines for Comprehensive Studies Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act were recently published in the Canada Gazette. These timelines apply to all Comprehensive Studies under...
ELC Comments on the Statutory Review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Click here to read ELC Comments on the Statutory Review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (English) Click here to read ELC Comments...
Seven year review of CEAA: An update A comprehensive review of the provisions and operation of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) was due to be conducted in 2010 (by section 32 of Bill...
We need an independent environmental protection and monitoring agency with teeth Given all of the recent reports on the Oilsands released late last year, including the Royal Society report (RSC), the Liberal report, the NDP...
Show me the money! Dealing daily with policy and regulation it is easy to get bogged down in the nuances and details of policy while blissfully ignoring the elephant in the...
The cumulative impacts of liquor stores and oilsands 11/26/2010 A recent Alberta Court of Appeal “leave to appeal” decision deals with the cumulative impacts of development…well the cumulative impact of having another liquor store...
Navigable waters protection update 5/4/2010 A few months ago we posted about the Ministerial Order under the federal Navigable Waters Protection Act – ("Are Canadian Waterways Subject to Public Rights”) where we noted that this...
Now you CEAA- it, now you don’t 4/9/2010 Federal Budget Bill hides major changes in Environmental Assessment Law The federal budget bill tabled on March 29th 2010 includes buried changes to the federal environmental...
The scales of just-fish: are letters of advice crappie ways to minnow-mize harm? The case of Cassiar Watch 4/9/2010 The federal Fisheries Act R.S.C. 1985, c. F-14 is one of Canada’s oldest and most important...
Feds 'gut' environmental assessments: Changes in budget could mean less scrutiny in oilsands 4/3/2010 By Kevin Ma St Albert Gazette The public is at risk of another Walkerton if the government passes proposed changes...
Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making in Alberta - Part IV (Slides and video) 3/4/2010 Court: the last resort. You opposed Alberta Environment’s decision to approve or refuse a regulated activity. Maybe there...
Governments must assess the environmental impacts of a whole project MiningWatch Canada v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans) 2/28/2010 In January the Supreme Court of Canada released a unanimous decision in the case...