ABSTRACT

Environmental Assessment (EA) has been the subject of much debate about its role in resource development. Some have argued that EA in Canada is too complex and should be simplified to enable timely and efficient project development decisions; others have argued that the scope of EA should be expanded to tackle larger environmental and societal challenges, many of which extend well-beyond individual development projects. This paper reflects on past and recent reforms in Canadian federal EA to simplify EA requirements and processes, alongside simplification of the increasingly complex issues that are being introduced to EA.

中文翻译：

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EA 简化：加拿大流程和挑战

摘要

环境评估 (EA) 一直是关于其在资源开发中的作用的众多争论的主题。一些人认为，加拿大的 EA 过于复杂，应该简化，以便能够及时有效地做出项目开发决策；其他人则认为应该扩大 EA 的范围以应对更大的环境和社会挑战，其中许多挑战远远超出了个人开发项目。本文反映了加拿大联邦 EA 过去和最近的改革，以简化 EA 要求和流程，同时简化引入 EA 的日益复杂的问题。