Discussion · Government Orders
Alexis Deschênes Bloc Québécois
“This bill lets the government skip many rules in special regions and do a regional assessment instead. Regional assessments are not as thorough as regular impact reviews. I want to know what these new assessments will cover, and if projects will still be checked under every law being set aside.”
“Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her contribution to this important debate. Yesterday, there was a lot of discussion about creating regions of national interest. One of the government’s responses is that there are a dozen laws and seven regulations, that authorizations are deemed to have been granted in those regions, and that a regional assessment will take place. If we dig a little deeper, we see that this regional assessment process already exists, but it is really not the same kind of thing as an impact assessment. Can my colleague tell me, before the regions of national interest are defined, what the regional assessment will cover? Will an analysis be done for each of the laws that will then be set aside?”
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her contribution to this important debate. Yesterday, there was a lot of discussion about creating regions of national interest. One of the government’s responses is that there are a dozen laws and seven regulations, that authorizations are deemed to have been granted in those regions, and that a regional assessment will take place. If we dig a little deeper, we see that this regional assessment process already exists, but it is really not the same kind of thing as an impact assessment. Can my colleague tell me, before the regions of national interest are defined, what the regional assessment will cover? Will an analysis be done for each of the laws that will then be set aside?