Reading between the lines of the 'Responsible Resource Development' rhetoric: The use of omnibus bills to 'streamline' Canadian environmental legislation

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-120

  Kirchhoff, Denis ^a   Tsuji, Leonard J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal peoples; Bill C 38; Bill C 45; CEAA 2012; environmental assessment; omnibus bill; public participation; resource development; streamlined EA

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA;

METIS;

EID: 84896494503     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2014.894673     Document Type: Review

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