JUSTNORTH Regulatory and Policy Database

   

Regulation:Canadian Environmental Assessment Act
Short name: 
Number: 
Issuing entity:Canada or subdivisions
Date:2019/08/28
Reference:https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/annualstatutes/2012_19/page-6.html#h-14
Hard/soft law instrument:Hard law
Relevant justice questions:

Chosen justice question particularly relevant for the regulatory/policy framework (in the light of JUSTNORTH research, aimed at supporting future justice-focused research on Arctic governance):

Procedural justice: How are different interests balanced within the framework (via procedures or via setting some prioritization between different interests/values - e.g national interest or climate action overrides other concerns)?

Procedural justice: What are the opportunities for participation in decision-making and who is envisaged as a stakeholder? 


Environmental justice and ethics: What are the anthro-, bio- or eco-centric elements of a given regulatory framework? What norms and ideologies lie behind this orientation? What are the efects of this orientation on different measures within the regulation/policy?

Humans and nature: Is the environment (or its components) treated as a value in itself?

Rights: Which rights and rights frameworks are expressly included in the governance framework, which are missing?

Level:National and EU/EEA
Remarks: 
Brief description:

An Act respecting the environmental assessment of certain activities and the prevention of significant adverse environmental effects.


Economic and social activity:

General/other

Regulatory concern:

Community and regional development and cross-border cooperation
Environment and climate change

Case study relevance

CS10: Towards Ecological Entrepreneurship—Sustainable Development in Local Communities in the North