Tuesday, December 18, 2012 Together with our allies, we are continuing to hold the federal government's feet to the fire to minimize the fall out from "budget" bill C-38 in relation to the new Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012. The so-called consultation process for CEAA 2012's critical Project LIst continues
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: New Prosperity News – Comment by September 28th!
Monday, September 24, 2012 On September 14th, the federal Review Panel conducting the New Prosperity environmental assessment released three documents. Two describe the approach that the Panel proposes to use for “Confidentiality” and for the panel’s Hearing Procedures, respectively, and invites the public to comment on these procedures. The third
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Our ‘radical’ perspective: environmental assessment that respects the environment, the public, First Nations and the economy
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Recently the federal Ministers of the Environmentand of Natural Resourceshave publicly confirmed that major changes may be in the works for federal environmental assessment (EA). And by all indications Canadians should be worried. Based on statements made in an open letter released January 9th, federal Natural
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