, seconded by the member for Etobicoke North, moved:
Motion No. 25
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by adding after line 8 on page 31 the following:
“Whereas the Government of Canada seeks to achieve sustainable development by conserving and enhancing environmental quality and by encouraging and promoting economic development that conserves and enhances environmental quality;
Whereas environmental assessment provides an effective means of integrating environmental factors into planning and decision-making processes in a manner that promotes sustainable development;
Whereas the Government of Canada is committed to exercising leadership, within Canada and internationally, in anticipating and preventing the degradation of environmental quality and, at the same time, in ensuring that economic development is compatible with the high value Canadians place on environmental quality;
Whereas the Government of Canada seeks to avoid duplication or unnecessary delays;
And whereas the Government of Canada is committed to facilitating public participation in the environmental assessment of projects to be carried out by or with the approval or assistance of the Government of Canada and to providing access to the information on which those environmental assessments are based;”
Motion No. 26
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by adding after line 22 on page 31 the following:
““comprehensive study” means an environmental assessment of a designated project that is conducted under section 12, and that includes a consideration of the factors required to be considered under section 19.”
Motion No. 28
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing lines 14 to 17 on page 32 with the following:
““environmental assessment” means, in respect of a project, an assessment of the environmental effects of the project that is conducted in accordance with this Act and the regulations.”
Motion No. 30
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 32 on page 33 with the following:
“mental assessment of a project;”
Motion No. 31
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 36 on page 33 with the following:
““interested party”, with respect to a”
Motion No. 32
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 5 on page 34 with the following:
“project;”
Motion No. 33
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 11 on page 34 with the following:
“tal effects of a project;”
Motion No. 34
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 17 on page 34 with the following:
“project;”
Motion No. 35
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 22 on page 34 with the following:
“environmental effects of a project;”
Motion No. 36
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 32 on page 34 with the following:
“environmental effects of a project,”
Motion No. 37
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 44 on page 34 with the following:
“carrying out of a project.”
Motion No. 38
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing lines 12 and 13 on page 35 with the following:
“is referred to in section 16 with respect to a project that is subject to an environ-”
Motion No. 40
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 35 with the following:
“with respect to a project, that a”
Motion No. 41
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing lines 25 to 29 on page 35 with the following:
“with respect to a project, that a group or individual is an interested party if, in its opinion, the group or individual, including those who use adjacent land for recreational, cultural or hunting purposes, is directly — or could potentially be indirectly — affected by the carrying out of the project, or if, in its opinion, the group or individual has relevant information or expertise:”
Motion No. 42
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 30 on page 35 with the following:
“(a) in the case of a project for”
Motion No. 43
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing, in the English version, line 34 on page 35 with the following:
“(b) in the case of a project in”
Motion No. 44
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing lines 1 to 5 on page 36 with the following:
“(a) to protect the environment from any significant adverse environmental effects caused by a project;”
Motion No. 45
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by deleting lines 6 to 13 on page 36.
Motion No. 46
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 17 on page 36 with the following:
“assessments processes for projects;”
Motion No. 47
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing lines 18 to 20 on page 36 with the following:
“(d) to promote communication, cooperation and consensus between responsible authorities and, fully respecting the fiduciary duties of the Crown and the inherent rights of aboriginal peoples, aboriginal peoples with respect to environmental assessments;”
Motion No. 48
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing lines 22 and 23 on page 36 with the following:
“for timely and meaningful public participation during an environmental assessment process;”
Motion No. 49
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing lines 28 to 33 on page 36 with the following:
“federal lands in Canada, or those that are outside Canada and that are to be carried out or financially supported by a federal authority, are considered in a careful and precautionary manner to ensure that such projects do not cause significant adverse environmental effects;”
Motion No. 50
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 34 on page 36 with the following:
“(h) to ensure that federal authorities take”
Motion No. 51
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing lines 38 to 41 on page 36 with the following:
“(i) to ensure that federal authorities possess sufficient regulatory power, and oversight and monitoring capacity, to study and respond to the cumulative environmental effects of physical activities in a region and to guarantee the inclusion and consideration of those study results in environmental assessments.”
Motion No. 52
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 8 on page 37 to line 27 on page 38 with the following:
“environmental effects—within or outside Canada—that are to be taken into account in relation to an act or thing, a physical activity, a designated project or a project are
(a) any impact that may be caused on biological, ecological, hydrological or chemical systems or other systems of the environment, including any change that may be caused to a listed wildlife species, its critical habitat or the residences of individuals of that species, as those terms are defined in subsection 2(1) of the Species at Risk Act;
(b) any effect of any change referred to in paragraph (a) on
(i) health and socio-economic conditions,
(ii) physical and cultural heritage,
(iii) the current use of lands and resources for traditional purposes by aboriginal persons, or
(iv) any structure, site or thing that is of historical, archaeological, paleontological or architectural significance; and
(c) any change to the project that may be caused by the environment.”
Motion No. 53
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing line 28 on page 38 to line 9 on page 39 with the following:
“6. The proponent of a project that is required to undergo an environmental assessment under this Act must not do any act or thing in connection with the carrying out of the project, in whole or in part, if that act or thing may cause an environmental effect referred to in subsection 5(1) unless the proponent complies with the conditions included in the decision statement that is issued to the proponent under subsection 31(3) or section 54 with respect to that project.”
Motion No. 54
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing lines 13 to 24 on page 39 with the following:
“than this Act that would permit a project that is required to undergo an environmental assessment under this Act to be carried out in whole or in part unless the decision statement with respect to the project that is issued under subsection 31(3) or section 54 to the proponent of the project indicates that the project is not likely to cause”
Motion No. 62
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by deleting lines 9 to 20 on page 43.
Motion No. 63
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by deleting lines 6 to 8 on page 45.
Motion No. 64
That Bill C-38, in Clause 52, be amended by replacing lines 10 and 11 on page 45 with the following:
“project if it is referred to a review panel under section 38.”