Mr. Jim Clarke at the Natural Resources Committee

November 18th, 2013 / 5:25 p.m.

Director General, Major Projects Management Office, Department of Natural Resources

I assume you're talking about a CEAA-led assessment, an assessment led by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency federally. In such a case, with their new authorities under the Environmental Assessment Act of 2012, it would be the CEAA leading the consultations and actually determining the adequacy at the end of the day of what they have done.

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