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In light of recent events surrounding Pacific Booker Minerals (TSXV:BKM), MacMillan LLP, shed some insight on the decision, and reaffirmed the need for legal counsel, which is frequently called upon to remind government officials in many contexts – that the principles of administrative fairness apply to proponents as well as other interested parties and aboriginal groups.
As quoted in the article:
“Those familiar with the environmental assessment process know that the fundamental question in environmental assessment – and the question upon which all of the EAO policies and guidance materials and reporting templates are based – is whether the project is considered “likely to have significant adverse effects”. That is a term of art in the environmental assessment world, supported by well-developed and established methodologies in BC, Canada and elsewhere. While there has always been and will continue to be debates about the nuances and subtleties by which a determination of “significant adverse effects” occurs, there has never been any doubt that that is the most relevant question. Such language is found in section 10 of the Act as the very basis for deciding whether an assessment is required, and it is precisely the same test that the federal government used when developing the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (see section 52).”
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