Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the
Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection
Act and to make consequential amendments to other
Acts1 will change the assessment of project impacts
in Canada.
A significant change is that Indigenous knowledge, culture,
socio-economic and traditional land use considerations will be
integral to the impact assessment process under the proposed
Impact Assessment Act (IAA). If passed, decision making
under the IAA will include a consideration of Indigenous knowledge
provided during the impact assessment of a project.
We previously wrote about Bill C-69 and its proposed changes
here.
Now, Bill C-69 has passed second reading in the Senate and has
been referred to the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the
Environment and Natural Resources for review. Consultations around
regulations and policy to support the Act are underway.
