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An Introduction to the Canadian Environmental Law Association Advancing Environmental Justice

8 Feb 2022

of Environmental • The practical difficulties for member of the public to Justice engage, the complexity and time-consuming nature of participation serve as significant barriers to environmental justice • Environmental justice is the idea that when everyone can meaningfully participate, no group should be affected inequitable by a decision 6 The environmental justice principle has a number of proc. [...] 11 9 The objects of the Commission are (a) to regulate the development, production and use of nuclear energy and the production, possession and use of nuclear substances, As a tribunal, the prescribed equipment and prescribed CNSC has statutory information in order to (i) prevent unreasonable risk, to the powers environment and to the health and safety of persons, associated with that development,. [...] 12 Licences 24(4) No licence shall be issued, renewed, amended or replaced — and no authorization to transfer one given — unless, in the opinion Licensing powers of the Commission, the applicant or, in the are also granted by case of an application for an authorization to transfer the licence, the transferee statute Licensing (a) is qua. [...] site preparation, operations, decommissioning) and aimed at preventing Impact Assessment Act unreasonable risk to human health and the environment An impact assessment is a multi-staged, public proceeding which reviews a project against numerous factors, including the purpose and need for the project, alternatives to the project, the effects of malfunctions and accidents, and cumulative effects. [...] Intervention Recommendation 3 - The CNSC should require CNSC Staff to report … Order Requested – how do you want the Commission to decide? Do you want the Commission to grant or deny the licence? Add conditions? Set a certain licence length? The Commission must issue a licensing decision consistent with the purpose (s 3) of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, its objects (s 9) and licensing.

Authors

Kerrie Blaise

Pages
34
Published in
Canada