Environment committee  Thank you for this opportunity to speak to you about Bill S-5. I am Justyna Laurie-Lean with the Mining Association of Canada. The mining industry is affected by several parts of CEPA, but we do not offer comments on amendments that we have little experience with. We see Bill S

Environment committee  Essentially, we tried to sort of flow-chart how the decisions are made. You arrive after an assessment at a decision. Do you put something on schedule 1 or not? Look at it from the official standpoint. If you put it on schedule 1, you immediately trigger obligations—it's time-lim

Environment committee  Ideally, I think it should be removed. It's always concerning when the explanation of what it's for keeps changing and isn't clear. But we respect that the government, Parliament, may have an intent. At a minimum, amend it so that if you add something to the list, you're going to

Environment committee  Well, I'll put two things, one that's very mundane and that probably applies to a lot of others. It would really benefit our sector to have good government, in the sense of officials who are able to provide guidance and who therefore have the resources to provide guidance, report

Environment committee  I think it's “one of”. I think CEPA is one of many other factors in project permitting, infrastructure and a whole bunch of things. But yes, it is an important factor.

Environment committee  I'll try to do that quickly. If you look at schedule 1, there are a number of listings that are groups. That is what we expect in the future—not a single compound but a group of things with certain characteristics. The person operating a mill, a plant or a manufacturing facility