Environment committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. The term “ex officio” might not achieve the purpose that's being proposed by the member. Ex officio refers to a situation whereby a person, by virtue of their function or their position in one instance, also acquires a function or a position in a differen

Environment committee  In terms of legal Latin maxims, not that I have found, but we would probably need to look a bit more into what the intent is. I understand the issue is that the intent is for the board member not to vote. The board member may be nominated in an advisory capacity, and might not be

Environment committee  I need just a minute or two to check my references on this, if you don't mind.

Environment committee  A change to subsection 4 would not be necessary. When reference is made to the “destinataire”, it is to the “destinataire” referred to in subsection 3. However, subsection 3 clarifies that the “destinataire” refers to “personne ou entité”.

Environment committee  Thank you. Further to the explanation provided by Madam Loth-Bown, with new proposed subsection 119(2.1), the consultation that would take place would be that, whenever the information or indigenous knowledge is received in confidence, it needs to be provided for the purposes of

Environment committee  If you allow it, Madam Chair, I will check my answer with some of my colleagues, but the federal government's power to spend money would be captured as part of the federal government's jurisdiction. It would be subject to any rules we want to make and impose on it in the legislat

Environment committee  Simply to restate what I have just said, this would be part of the federal government's spending power. Like any other government decision that is within our federal jurisdiction, which includes federal spending power, that could be the subject of an environmental assessment if P

Environment committee  If the physical activity is carried out on lands that may not be federal lands, but are otherwise regulated by federal authority, I think this would be within the realm of Parliament to regulate. It would be within Parliament's power to regulate, but if you'll allow me a few sec

Environment committee  First off, I would have to say I'm here to explain the government's position as well as how the bill will operate in practice. The legal advice of the Department of Justice is given to the government as a whole. Upon careful reading of the amendment, I see that the measure in qu

Environment committee  Usually when a definition is inserted at a midway point in a statute, it relates specifically to one part. It tends to have a distinction from how the word might be interpreted elsewhere. Unless we mean for “adaptive management” to have a different definition for this section of

Environment committee  Thank you, Madame Chair. There are none that I can see. “Reasons” and “rationale” can be used interchangeably.

Environment committee  Yes, we do have reference to “rationale” in regard to review panels, so it is in the act elsewhere and it bears the same meaning.

Environment committee  Madam Chair, we considered the interplay between the proposed subsection (2), and what would now be (2.1). Proposed subsection (2) would be a closed list, an exhaustive list of topics to consider.

Environment committee  Proposed subsection (2) is an exhaustive list.

Environment committee  That's correct, although you would need to go through proposed subsection (2) before you get to proposed subsection (2.1).