pre-MAB assessment worksheet [ pre-Ministerial Advisory Board assessment worksheet ]

Federal Environmental Assessment and Review Process: Guide for Environmental Screening [ Guide for Environmental Screening ]

pre-requisite stage

project appraisal | project evaluation

preliminary decision based on the employment market

due diligence | due diligence process | due diligence investigation | comprehensive due diligence investigation | due diligence review

declaration of insolvency without preliminary proceedings

preliminary consultation committee | committee responsible for the preliminary examination

The screening process does not apply to projects such as pipelines or nuclear facilities assessed by the National Energy Board or the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

But certainly, when you look at the categorization and screening of the domestic substances list, the screening assessment would very likely be a less rigorous type of assessment than would be required on a priority substance, so it would take considerably less time than the five years.

15. Supports increased transparency of decision-making on investments of European public money, namely in projects of the EIB and the EBRD which may have an adverse impact on human rights; urges the EIB and the EBRD to strengthen their anti-fraud and anti-corruption policies in order to ensure full transparency of investments outside of the European Union; stresses the need for the EIB and the EBRD to affirm their willingness to avoid risky investments, especially through financial intermediaries, and to adopt a risk-based approach and improved assessments of the human rights impact of the projects they support, in addition to conducting sound human rights and integrity due diligence of all of their clients’ operations; takes the view th ...[+++]at particular attention should be paid to ensuring public participation, as well as free prior and informed consultation of communities affected, at all stages of the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects financed; urges the Member States and the Commission to use their influence as exclusive members of the EIB, and as major shareholders of the EBRD, to foster significant reform of these institutions to allow greater democratic scrutiny of their decisions and accountability;

For example, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, in a study entitled “Federal Screenings: An Analysis based on information from the Canadian Environmental Assessment Registry Internet Site”, found that of 2,259 screenings reviewed in 2004, “over 90% dealt with projects that appeared unlikely to cause more than minor adverse environmental effects or pose more than minor environmental risks”.