Environment committee  The change that was just put forward under amendment LIB-26 was to be able to ensure that an integrated review panel did not preclude involving another jurisdiction such as a province, territory, or indigenous jurisdiction in the review.

Environment committee  No. The intent was just to specify the pieces of legislation that deal with organizations regulating the lifecycle of projects. That was specific to those pieces of legislation and there is no intent to add any others.

Environment committee  That is my understanding of that proposed amendment, yes.

Environment committee  I apologize, Ms. Duncan. Could you repeat the question?

Environment committee  As the proposed legislation lays out, in terms of the minister's power to do substitution to another jurisdiction, proposed section 31 is subject to proposed section 33 already, which includes the conditions outlined there in the legislation. In addition, the minister can add add

Environment committee  It already lays out that proposed section 31 is subject to proposed section 33.

Environment committee  As noted in the first line, subject to proposed sections 32 and 33, the minister is of the opinion that they can move forward with substitution.

Environment committee  I can't speak to whether it improves or doesn't improve.

Environment committee  I can just lay out what's already within there.

Environment committee  The scoping of the factors happens before there's a decision. It happens in the early planning phase, in terms of doing the tailored impact assessment guidelines, and then if there are, in addition, once the panel is struck...because the panel is struck after that.

Environment committee  The terms of reference for panels, as I indicated earlier, are there in proposed subsection 41(1).

Environment committee  Madam Chair, I could explain this amendment.

Environment committee  Section 22(2) of the proposed act allows for this scoping of factors in an impact assessment. You scope in what needs to go into those tailored guidelines. Changing it to take out (g) means that the traditional knowledge cannot be scoped. It has to be mandatorily considered. That

Environment committee  Right. You are able to scope the other elements, but not what's in proposed paragraph 22(1)(g).

Environment committee  The scoping takes place in the early planning phase, where it's still under the agency to scope in what goes into the tailored impact statement guidelines. That being said, there are provisions for panels, and terms of reference need to be established for those panels. The terms