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Table of Contents
LIST OF MEMBERS
MANDATE
STATUTORY REVIEW OF THE CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT: PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, MANAGING OUR RESOURCES
INTRODUCTION
IMPROVING EFFICIENCY
A. Improve Timeliness
1. Single Federal Agency to Address Federal Coordination
2. Remove Unnecessary Steps
3. Legislated Timelines for Federal Environmental Assessments
4. Early Triggering of Federal Environmental Assessments
5. Strategic Environmental Assessment to Facilitate Project Assessments
B. Decrease Duplication and Target Significant Projects
1. Coordination with Provincial Regimes
2. Target Projects of Environmental Significance
3. Class Screenings and Use of Previously Conducted Environmental Assessments
C. Aboriginal Consultation
1. Fulfilling the Duty Effectively
2. Fulfilling the Duty Efficiently
D. Enhance Public Participation
IMPROVING OUTCOMES: FILLING THE GAPS
A. Ensure Early Application of the Act
B. Positive Environmental Aspects of Projects
C. Economic Impacts of Projects
D. Learn from Past Assessments to Improve Future Assessments
1. Follow-up Programs
2. Enforcement
CONCLUSION
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS
LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES
APPENDIX B: LIST OF BRIEFS
REQUEST FOR GOVERNMENT RESPONSE
Dissenting Report from the Official Opposition New Democratic Party on the Seven-year review of CEAA
Dissenting Opinion by the Liberal Party of Canada on the Report of the Statutory Review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA)