DISCUSSION PAPER: MANITOBA’S ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND LICENSING REGIME COMMENTS FORM Please provide your comments in the spaces below and return to on or before April 25, 2014. The Manitoba Law Reform Commission assumes that written comments are not confidential. You may submit anonymous written comments, or you may identify yourself but request that your comments be treated confidentially. If you do not comment anonymously, or request confidentiality, the Manitoba Law Reform Commission may quote from or refer to your comments in its Report for Consultation or Final Report. You can press the key to move from one question to the next. “tab” Chapter 3: Environmental Assessment and Sustainable Development Issue 1: Should be amended to establish more direct links between the The Environment Act environmental assessment process and principles and guidelines of sustainability provided in The Are there particular developments for which sustainability principles Sustainable Development Act? are most relevant? How would this change affect your participation in Manitoba’s environmental assessment process? Answer: Issue 2: Should a consideration of the need for, and alternatives to, a development (“NFAT”) be a requirement for some or all proposed developments? Are there types of development for which NFAT is more or less appropriate? What legislative and policy supports are necessary for meaningful consideration of the need for, and alternatives to, a development? Answer:
DISCUSSION PAPER: MANITOBA’S ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND LICENSING REGIME COMMENTS FORM Please provide your comments in the spaces below and return to on or before April 25, 2014. The Manitoba Law Reform Commission assumes that written comments are not confidential. You may submit anonymous written comments, or you may identify yourself but request that your comments be treated confidentially. If you do not comment anonymously, or request confidentiality, the Manitoba Law Reform Commission may quote from or refer to your comments in its Report for Consultation or Final Report. You can press the “tab” key to move from one question to the next. Chapter 3: Environmental Assessment and Sustainable Development Issue 1: Should The Environment Act be amended to establish more direct links between the environmental assessment process and principles and guidelines of sustainability provided in The Sustainable Development Act? Are there particular developments for which sustainability principles are most relevant? How would this change affect your participation in Manitoba’s environmental assessment process? Answer: Issue 2: Should a consideration of the need for, and alternatives to, a development (“NFAT”) be a requirement for some or all proposed developments? Are there types of development for which NFAT is more or less appropriate? What legislative and policy supports are necessary for meaningful consideration of the need for, and alternatives to, a development? Answer:
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