copy and paste this google map to your website or blog!
Press copy button and paste into your blog or website.
(Please switch to 'HTML' mode when posting into your blog. Examples: WordPress Example, Blogger Example)
Amended Impact Assessment Act now in force - Canada. ca What’s new? On June 20, 2024, the BIA received Royal Assent and the amended IAA came into force, re-establishing a robust framework that restores certainty and clarity to project proponents, Indigenous communities, and stakeholders, and delivers good projects for Canada
Amendments to Impact Assessment Act released – triage or major surgery . . . The amendments are intended to update Canada’s federal environmental impact assessment regime to respond to the October 2023 reference opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), in which the majority found the IAA largely unconstitutional (IAA Reference) [1]
Update: Federal Impact Assessment Act Amendments Coming into Force Key changes in the IAA amendments include: Focusing the approval decision, in respect of a project, on whether the adverse effects on matters under federal jurisdiction will be significant – and if so, whether such effects will be justified in the public interest
Proposed amendments to the Impact Assessment Act. The Government of Canada committed to introduce meaningful and targeted amendments to the IAA to respond to the decision, ensure the IAA is constitutionally sound, and restore regulatory certainty"--Need for a change
Federal Government Amends the IAA: So What? - Energy Regulation Quarterly This article summarizes the IAA amendments that became law on June 20, 2024 in an effort to restore the Act ’s constitutionality, as well as the broader Cabinet Directive published on July 5, 2024 aimed at improving all federal regulatory and permitting processes
Federal Impact Assessment: Legislative Amendments and Cabinet Directive The Canadian government recently enacted the highly anticipated amendments to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) These amendments, which came into force on June 20, 2024, address the constitutional overreach in the IAA, as identified by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in its opinion of October 13, 2023, in Reference re Impact Assessment Act
Proposed Amendments to the Impact Assessment Act - Canada In October 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a decision that the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) was partially unconstitutional and must focus on areas of federal jurisdiction
Balancing Jurisdictions: Proposed Changes to Canadas Impact Assessment . . . The Government of Canada has proposed amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA) to address the Supreme Court of Canada’s concerns that portions of the IAA related to major project review are unconstitutional because they encroach on matters within provincial jurisdiction