The new Indigenous policy framework provides a road map for the mandates required around bills C-68 and C-69, which strengthened Indigenous knowledge and collaboration in impact assessments of development projects.
Alberta and its allies are in the province's highest court trying to have the federal government's environmental assessment act declared unconstitutional.
B.C.’s proposed new Environmental Assessment Act is a massive improvement over what’s in place now, but experts say it doesn’t go far enough to protect the environment or ensure Indigenous consent.
British Columbia's government is moving to increase the participation of Indigenous people in the environmental assessment of projects with new legislation tabled on Monday, November 5, 2018.