Environment committee  The information that's provided is considered confidential if identified as such by the individual, and there are a few reasons there that allow for exceptions, which are as follows: if the information is to be knowingly publicly available, if it's required for procedural fairnes

Environment committee  Sure. As a matter of practice, under the current system there are cases in which there are concerns about the release of particular knowledge. Examples of this, which were brought up by another member earlier, would be cases involving a traditional hunting and fishing area, and n

Environment committee  The basic parameters of the information are made available. When it's an agency-led assessment, a proponent will know the inputs. It's the specific details or the site location or the sacredness of the information that's thereby protected. In panel situations, information comes b

Environment committee  Proposed subsection 119(1) is the confidentiality provision. On line 18 it says “under this Act in confidence is confidential and must not knowingly be, or be permitted to be, disclosed”, and then there are a number of different exceptions there, but the knowledge is confidential

Environment committee  It's because paragraphs 84(a) and (b) are directed to indigenous peoples of Canada and constitutional obligations under section 35. We're talking about projects that are outside Canada, which thereby would not affect inherent rights under section 35 of the Constitution.

Environment committee  The examples you've provided are transboundary examples, which then may be subject to the act at large. We're talking about projects here that are non-designated projects, or projects on federal land and outside Canada.

Environment committee  In addition to that, adequate provisions for federal lands—as laid out in the legislation—are to fill a gap where there is no other jurisdictional legislation that exists.

Environment committee  We want to make sure that activities on federal lands.... Other activities are regulated often by other jurisdictions. The attempt of these provisions is to ensure that all activities that occur on federal lands—because there is no other jurisdiction that is responsible for them.

Environment committee  The tool that's being used to determine what activities require a federal impact assessment is the project list, the designated project list. We currently have a discussion paper out on the criteria for determining what projects will be subject to this act. Then, in addition to

Environment committee  The conditions of a decision statement that is issued by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change following a decision are enforceable conditions, and those can be enforced under the enforcement powers in this act by enforcement officers of the Canadian Environmental Assess

Environment committee  Yes, Madam Chair. Mr. Parker is prepared to speak to that.

Environment committee  To add to that, the design of the legislation is to ensure co-operation with other jurisdictions. The goal would be to move towards one project and one assessment.

Environment committee  Madam Chair, we don't have a copy of the amendment or the proposed definition.

Environment committee  With respect to mines, I believe you mentioned earlier that they're also provincially regulated. The amendment that the Liberals made under 27, I believe, which was a change to 39(1) would mean that an integrated review panel could also include working with another jurisdiction,

Environment committee  The uranium mines are under the Canadian Nuclear Safety and Control Act, so they're under the purview of the life-cycle regulator and they're controlled under that act. I don't know if my colleagues from NRCan have anything further to add with respect to that, but it is the leg