If you go to page 4, lines 23 to 24 of the bill, there is the definition of "effects". The first thing the amendment does is to add the word “cultural”. We have had as recently as today a comment, in addition to all the recommendations by many of the witnesses and in many of the briefs, including indigenous ones, that cultural heritage should be included. After all, it is part of the SDG, according to Julie Abouchar, Toronto partner of Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers. She says that cultural heritage needs to be considered when companies conduct environmental assessments. That includes the elders through interviews, incorporating oral histories and getting traditional knowledge from the people impacted by the project, including their feelings of the land.
On May 8th, 2018. See this statement in context.