or why. I’m not sure this move is “certainty” or “investor confidence” building unless you have already let it be known, as a government that you plan to say yes. And that could be hard to square with duty to consult (s.35 rights) and P/T rights.
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There’s a series of sections relating to specific fed/prov deals on natural resources, plus nuclear, energy regulation and Impact Assessment. Skipping for time… Sorry.
The bill also suggests one or more new federal offices can be created, reporting to the Ministers…
designated by Cabinet for any particular project.
This is a bit weird. Cabinet decides which Minister is designated to review & advise Cabinet on an application for a project where this act may apply. The Minister can have staff to help coordinate that. But, where does the proponent apply to start?
Presumably, proponents are applying to usual suspects under usual processes, but somehow, someone IDs their project as maybe eligible for special C-5 status. Then a Minister gets named as point. Then the bill kicks in and they get help in a new office. But, who has already ID’d the project &..
Again, I’m skipping some stuff for time, but here are the crucial schedules, the Statutes that Cabinet can chose to set aside for designated projects, either in legislative requirements or regulatory requirements.
1) Indian Act is on the list. I’m not sure how you reconcile a claim that s.35 rights will be respected at all stages with ‘we might ignore Indian Act’.
2) Statutes on the list in Part 1 don’t all have regulatory exemptions in Part 2 of the same schedule. I don’t have bandwidth to do a…
I think @althiaraj.bsky.social raises some excellent questions about the process & scrutiny of the bill. I guess my main point is that parts of the bill may not hang together and may not work out in practice, even if you accepted its goals.
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The bill also suggests one or more new federal offices can be created, reporting to the Ministers…
This is a bit weird. Cabinet decides which Minister is designated to review & advise Cabinet on an application for a project where this act may apply. The Minister can have staff to help coordinate that. But, where does the proponent apply to start?
Again, I’m skipping some stuff for time, but here are the crucial schedules, the Statutes that Cabinet can chose to set aside for designated projects, either in legislative requirements or regulatory requirements.
I can’t help but notice…
2) Statutes on the list in Part 1 don’t all have regulatory exemptions in Part 2 of the same schedule. I don’t have bandwidth to do a…
Ok, it’s late. I read proposed federal legislation (and you did too if you followed this thread), and now I need sleep.