Thank you, Mr. Chair. What the clause is intended to do is to help identify those types of decisions that might significantly affect the environment. Whether it would apply to every single decision made by the Government of the Northwest Territories, I mean, I think it is pretty fair to say that some decisions would just clearly have no significant environmental impact at all. I would have difficulty seeing why a Minister would need to have to apply the criteria in every case. I think the intention of the clause is to assist in identifying those types of decisions where there may be some doubt as to whether there is a significant environmental effect, and the criteria in 2.1 are intended to assist the decision-maker in identifying what those decisions might be.
Law Clerk on Committee Motion 190-18(3): Bill 39: Environmental Rights Act - Clause 18, Defeated
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Committee Motion 190-18(3): Bill 39: Environmental Rights Act - Clause 18, Defeated
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