Blog: Assessing Canada’s Impact Assessment Act – Boon or Boondoggle?

Blog post by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on April 20, 2018 [NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Lawyer’s Daily website published by LexisNexis Canada Inc. on April 11, 2018] Since the 1970s, an environmental assessment process has existed at the federal level…

Proposed Impact Assessment Act’s “Project List”

Title: Letter to Minister McKenna re: Proposed Impact Assessment Act's "Project List" Resource Type: Letter, Response to Consultation Content: 1188-L-McKenna project list letter april 2018 # of Pages: 4 Date authored: April 18, 2018 Publication number: 1188 Author/s: Richard Lindgren…

Presentation on the Proposed Impact Assessment Act to the Standing Committee on Environmental and Sustainable Development

Title: Presentation on the Proposed Impact Assessment Act to the Standing Committee on Environmental and Sustainable Development Resource Type: Presentation Content: CELA Presentation to SC re Bill C-69 # of Pages: 12 Date authored: April 6, 2018 Author/s: Richard Lindgren…

Canada’s Proposed Impact Assessment Act: How to Regain Public Trust Through Appropriate Amendments

Title: Canada's Proposed Impact Assessment Act: How to Regain Public Trust Through Appropriate Amendments Resource Type: Response to Consultation Content: CELA Submissions to SC re Bill C-69 # of Pages: 38 Date authored: April 6, 2018 Author/s: Richard Lindgren Author…

Comparing Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA, Bill C-69)

Title: Comparing Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA, Bill C-69) Resource Type: Commentary Content: Comparison of CEAA and IAA March 29, 2018 # of Pages: 225 Date authored: March 29, 2018 Author/s: Ria Harford Author…

Blog: Greening Federal Environmental Law: An Overview

FRANCAIS Blog post by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on February 14, 2018 The Government of Canada has recently revealed a sweeping package of legislative reforms that, if enacted, will significantly change several of Canada’s most important environmental statutes. For example, in…