Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  We know nothing about it. Well, I have heard a rumour—and I couldn't put any more credence than that—they're working from what's called the comprehensive study list regulation, which is a current existing regulation, in terms of preparing the designated project list regulation. N

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Nothing at all; there's no information at all. I mean, it's...nothing at all.

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  My understanding is that in the new bill, the requirement to assess cumulative effects is still there for those projects subject to federal environmental assessment—and they may be, as I say, very few in number, although we can't say for sure. That's why I'm encouraging the commi

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  That's right.

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Provincial environmental assessment processes typically do not look at cumulative effects. In fact, I'm not aware of any jurisdiction that requires assessment of cumulative effects amongst the various jurisdictions in Canada. In Ontario, for example, the environmental assessment

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  One of the great advances of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act in 1992 was that it required the assessment of cumulative environmental effects. That was extremely important: it tried to get at what are admittedly tough problems. Take the tar sands region. How do you say t

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Thank you for the question. The first thing I would say is that environmental assessments cost money, but a lot of times the amount of money they save is tremendous. My colleague made reference to the Mackenzie gas project. He says there's lots of support for it. It's unfortuna

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before the committee this evening on a very important matter for Canada's environment and for sustainable development. My message to the committee is this: less haste, more speed. The Canadian Environmental Assessment