Environment committee  I mean all projects once we have certain criteria to define them, not every single action going on in Canada. That's physically impossible. Yes, I think every single project that has the potential to have an impact on an area of federal jurisdiction should be assessed. I think St

Environment committee  —according to the Constitution, and the jurisdiction arises when you make conditions for approval, not when you assess.

Environment committee  Some of these limits were addressed in the modernization of the Quebec Environment Quality Act. I would draw a parallel with the preamble of Bill C-69 which indicates that the public will now be consulted on the content of the impact study guideline, at the very beginning of the

Environment committee  Yes. To the extent the agency would act as a secretariat to the commission in all contexts, maybe you could add as a purpose of the agency significant, meaningful public participation. A definition could be helpful also, as well as insisting on public hearings, not just submitti

Environment committee  There is a 10-page version but I guess it hasn't been translated yet.

Environment committee  On April 6.

Environment committee  Perhaps I could just make one last point. We support the amendment proposed by Louis-Gilles Francoeur which consists in translating the word “sustainability” by “viabilité” rather than “durabilité”. That is the last point I wanted to raise, for my francophone colleagues.

Environment committee  Good morning, Madam Chair. I want to thank the committee for the invitation. It is an honour for me to testify on behalf of the Quebec Environment Law Centre, the QELC. This bill will apply to an enormous territory and three oceans. This is an extremely important moment in our