Environment committee  In Alberta there are no substitution agreements as at this point in time.

Environment committee  But we did look at the process the agency used to establish where they do exist, and the steps the agency takes to say “if we are going to do the agency, we'd do these X, Y, and Z things to make sure the provincial process includes that, or we'll add that to the normal provincial

Environment committee  The government or the agency has entered into some substitution agreements in British Columbia to cover eight specific sites. In doing that they consider if the agency carried out the assessment, what are....

Environment committee  With this audit we were trying to look at the systems and practices that the department has put in place to contribute to the success of the new act, so we didn't get into looking at new projects. A lot of them are still going through the EA process, so the office tries to stay

Environment committee  We didn't look for that. We looked for whether the three responsible authorities were setting out their rationales for which projects they are in, and which projects they are not. That's aimed at getting transparency and predictability around the process, which is one of the obje

Environment committee  Not in this audit. Our strategic audit plans have a series of audits that will look at the EA process over time. I think that is an issue we'll be coming back to within the next short period of time. We can't deal with everything in one audit.

Environment committee  It's analogous to a systems under development audit.

Environment committee  I think there are some examples. The key point we wanted to raise is transparency on letting people understand how things are on the list or not—the rationale—so it improves the predictability and transparency of the process in the long term.