• update the current EAA to…

Numéro du REO

019-4219

Identifiant (ID) du commentaire

59070

Commentaire fait au nom

Individual

Statut du commentaire

Commentaire

• update the current EAA to reflect sustainable development principles
• cancel the amendments to the EAA and focus on higher level reforms of the EA process rather than roll back existing EA requirements
• fix the gaps in the current EA process regarding climate change and the cumulative effects of projects in the same geographic area
• provide intervenor funding to facilitate public participation
• establish climate change criteria related to gas emissions and the implications of carbon storage to determine whether particular undertakings should undergo an EA
• develop performance indicators and collect baseline data for systematic review and monitoring of climate changes
• require mandatory and thorough regional and cumulative effects assessments
• enhance investigation, enforcement and penalty provisions under the EAA
that all highway projects are forced to go through a comprehensive EA
All carbon producing projects must be subject to a comprehensive EA.