The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 and associated policy: Implications for aboriginal peoples

International Indigenous Policy Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Kirchhoff, Denis ^a   Gardner, Holly L ^a   Tsuji, Leonard J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal peoples; Canada; Canadian Environment Assessment Act (CEAA) 2012; Environmental assessment; Resource development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002502786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19165781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18584/iipj.2013.4.3.1     Document Type: Article

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