Small projects will not be covered under the new act. Under current legislation a lot of screening is done, mainly of small projects, but not all. There are some large projects that are subject to screening as well, but there's really no provision for assessment of small projects, unless one of two things happens. They either get on the designated project list regulation, which seems unlikely, or the Minister of Environment could conceivably designate a small project for environmental assessment if he felt it was appropriate.
On May 30th, 2012. See this statement in context.