CELA submitted a brief to the Ontario government regarding the province's proposal to revoke the current Municipal Class EA and to pass a new regulation under the EAA that sets out streamlined EA requirements for certain municipal infrastructure projects.
Tag: environmental assessment (EA)
Submission: Strengthening Federal Impact Assessment
CELA and other environmental groups submitted a letter to the federal government to outline the types of amendments to the Impact Assessment Act that are required to address the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling about the constitutionality of the Act.
Blog: The Supreme Court Ruling on the Impact Assessment Act – Climate Change Implications
In this blog, CELA lawyers Joe Castrilli and Richard Lindgren review the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision on the constitutionality of the federal Impact Assessment Act.
Blog: More Environmental Assessment Rollbacks in Ontario
CELA lawyer Richard Lindgren examines the latest proposed rollbacks in Ontario's environmental assessment program.
Groups Ask Federal Government to Withdraw and Reconsider the Draft Policy Framework for Regional Assessments
CELA co-signed a joint letter to the federal government to identify numerous shortcomings in the proposed framework for regional assessments under the Impact Assessment Act. Authored by: Kerrie Blaise, Blaise Law Jill Blakley, University of Saskatchewan Cheryl Chetkiewicz, Wildlife Conservation Society…
Blog: Day 5 – Final Presentations and Questions on Nuclear Waste Dump as the Public Hearing Comes to a Close
This is the fifth in a series of blogs by CELA’s summer law students, Rebecca Waxman and Adam Meadows, live from the CNSC hearing room. Check back every day as they share reflections and reactions from the nuclear licensing hearing. Read the full series here