| Regulation: | Canadian Environmental Assessment Act |
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| 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 |
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| Brief description: | An Act respecting the environmental assessment of certain activities and the prevention of significant adverse environmental effects. |