Evidence of meeting #13 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 41st Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was project.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Mark Warawa
Unfortunately, time has expired.
Closing up this round, Ms. Rempel, for one and a half minutes.
Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Centre-North, AB
In the brief time I have...Mr. Kneen, you mentioned you had been involved in the process to develop the act some years ago. Our job, as part of this review, is to review what's working, what's not, and where the gaps are.
Very succinctly, in your experience as you've seen things develop over the last 20-odd years, do you have any bullet points on what's working, what's not?
Co-Manager, Communications and Outreach, Environmental Assessment and Africa Programs, MiningWatch Canada
I would say that the implementation of the processes, the comprehensive studies, and panel reviews is doing quite well.
As I noted, there are problems. I think the largest gap, and the major loss between the guidelines order process and CEAA, was on strategic environmental assessment. There actually were assessments done under EARPGO that can't be done anymore legally because there's no mechanism in place.
The cabinet guidelines directive is not transparent, so it's hard for me to say, beyond what the Auditor General's office has said previously, about how that's working. I would say that's the greatest loss we've had.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Mark Warawa
The time has expired.
Thank you so much. Thank you to the witnesses.
We are going to be moving to in camera business, so I will ask people to leave the room as quickly as possible.
[Proceedings continue in camera]