Blog: Federal EA Reform at the Cross-Roads

Blog post by Richard Lindgren, CELA Counsel on September 15, 2016 In recent weeks, the Government of Canada has ramped up the long-awaited public review of federal environmental assessment (EA) processes. For example, an independent Expert Panel was established in mid-August to undertake various…

Ensuring a Robust Review of Federal Environment Assessment

Title: Ensuring a Robust Review of Federal Environment Assessment CELA’s Submissions on the Proposed Terms of Reference for the Expert Panel Resource Type: Letter, Response to Consultation Content: CELA-Comments-Expert-PanelTOR # of Pages: 9 Date authored: July 19, 2016 Author/s: Richard…

Response to Environment Minister Catherine McKenna concerning the proposed Deep Geologic Repository Project

Title: Response to Environment Minister Catherine McKenna concerning the proposed Deep Geologic Repository Project Resource Type: Letter Content: Joint-Letter-to-Minister-McKenna_OPG-DGR_July14-2016 # of Pages: 4 Date authored: July 14, 2016 Author/s: 48 signatory organizations

Submission Regarding Draft REGDOC‐2.9.1, Environmental Protection: Environmental Assessments

Title: Submission Regarding Draft REGDOC‐2.9.1, Environmental Protection: Environmental Assessments Resource Type: Commentary Content: 1069-CELA Comment_Draft REGDOC-2.9.1 - Environmental Protection - Environmental Assessments # of Pages: 5 Date authored: March 29, 2016 Publication number: 1069 Author/s: Theresa McClenaghan and Rizwan Khan…

Blog: The Resurrection of Federal Environmental Assessment?

Blog post by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on January 13, 2016 Over two years ago, CELA published an “in memoriam” blog to lament the untimely demise of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992 (“CEAA”), which had been repealed and replaced in 2012 with…

Federal Environmental Law Priorities: Letter to Opposition Party Leaders

Title: Federal Environmental Law Priorities: Letter to Opposition Party Leaders Resource Type: Letter Content: CELA Letter to Opposition Leaders November 2015 Date authored: November 12, 2015 Publication number: 1038 Author/s: Theresa McClenaghan Author Organization: CELA