We hear a lot about environmental assessment for major natural resource projects.
But what should environmental assessment look like? What does the future hold for EA in Canada? Â And what do we even mean by environmental assessment?
In July 2017 MLI released a series of videos with Bram Noble, a thought leader on how to better engage Canadians in natural resource projects, that examine the state of environmental assessment in Canada.
- The first video explores the future of environmental assessment.
- The second video acts as a primer on what environmental assessment is.
- The third video maps out what meaningful environmental assessment should look like.
- The fourth video examined which issues should – and which issues shouldn’t – be covered through EA.
The videos feature Noble in conversation with MLI Munk Senior Fellow Ken Coates, an expert on Indigenous engagement in Canada.
Earlier this year Noble authored a paper for MLI on how to reform the environmental assessment process so it works better for Indigenous peoples, businesses and governments.