Strategic environmental assessments: registry of public statements
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) assesses the environmental effects of its new policies, plans and programs. When a proposal is approved or announced, ECCC posts a public statement on the results of the assessment. These reports show that the environment was considered in decision-making.
Public statements
2023
- Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act – Peary Caribou and 12 other species
- Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act – Peregrine Falcon and 16 other species
- Regulations Amending the Wildlife Area Regulations – De-Listing of Unit Number 10 of the Prairie National Wildlife Area
- Regulations Amending the Migratory Birds Regulations, 2022
- Regulations Amending the Wild Animal and Plant Trade Regulations (WAPTR) – Elephant Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn
- Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act- Monarch and Western Bumble Bees
2022
- Critical Habitat of the Gattinger’s Agalinis Order
- Critical Habitat of the Cerulean Warbler Order
- Migratory Birds Regulations, 2022 – modernization
- Wildlife Area Regulations – establishment of the Edéhzhíe National Wildlife Area
- Wildlife Area Regulations – establishment of the Big Glace Bay Lake National Wildlife Area and expansion of the Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area
- Migratory Birds Regulations – biennial hunting amendments
- Single-use Plastics Prohibition Regulations
2021
- Order Amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act
- Critical Habitat of the Fernald’s Braya Order
- Infrastructure Upgrade of the Polar-Orbiting Satellite Reception Network
- Net-Zero Advisory Body
- Nature Smart Climate Solutions Fund
- Enhanced Nature Legacy
- Commitment to strengthen the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, and to recognize a right to a healthy environment
- Policy Statement on Future Thermal Coal Mining Projects and Project Expansions
- Emergency order for the protection of the Western Chorus Frog in Longueuil, Quebec
- Order Amending Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act for 16 terrestrial species
2019
- Amending the Federal Sustainable Development Act
- 2019 amendment to schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act: 31 terrestrial species
- Order amending the Schedule to the Federal Sustainable Development Act
- Genomics Research and Development Initiative
- 2019 to 2022 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
- Ministerial order to protect the critical habitat of the Woodland Caribou Boreal population
- Ministerial order to protect the critical habitat of the Barrens Willow
- 2019 amendment to schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act: migratory birds
- Transforming Canada's water monitoring program
- Refurbishment of Eureka Weather Station and surrounding facilities on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
- Modernizing the Science Horizons Youth Internship Program
- Climate Action Incentive Fund
- Renewal of the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan
- Terrestrial Cumulative Effects Initiative
- Advancing Knowledge in Support of Managing Cumulative Effects in the Salish Sea
- Salish Sea Marine Bird Monitoring and Conservation Program
- Impact assessment and regulatory regime implementation at Environment and Climate Change Canada
- 2019 Amendment to Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act: 31 aquatic species
- Measures to support the survival and recovery of the Southern Resident Killer Whale
- Federal Leadership Towards Zero Plastic Waste in Canada initiative
- Prarie Nature Legacy: A Land Exchange for Conservation
2018
- 2018 – Funding for the Green Municipal Fund
- Amendment to the provisions of Migratory Birds Regulations
- Scott Islands Protected Marine Area Regulations
- Follow-up report to the Standing Committee on the Canadian Environmental Protection Act
- Adoption of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Ministerial order to protect the critical habitat of the Western Chorus Frog
- Canada-Quebec agreement on acts and regulations applicable to wastewater systems in Quebec wastewater sector
- Private Member's Motion M-151
- Adapting Canada's Weather Services to Climate Change
- Nature Legacy for Canada
- 2018 Amendment to Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (31 terrestrial species)
- 2018 Amendment to Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (bees and other terrestrial species)
- Funding the Low Carbon Economy Challenge
- Canada’s Ocean Agenda and the Framework for Canadian Leadership on International Oceans
2017
- 2016-2019 Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
- BlackRock mine project: amendment to schedule 2 of Metal Mining Effluent Regulations
- Canada agrees to control hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol
- Canadian framework negotiating mandate for meetings of the CITES CoP
- Freshwater protection in the Great Lakes and Lake Winnipeg basins
- Implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
- Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell (KSM) mine project: amendments to Schedule 2 of Metal Mining Effluent Regulations
- Mandate to negotiate amendments to the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
- Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations: amendments to schedule 2
- New terms and conditions for Canada’s assessed contributions to the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
- Order amending Schedule 1 to the Species At Risk Act - Eastern Canada
- Order amending Schedule 1 to the Species at Risk Act - Western Species
- Regulations amending the Wild Animal and Plant Trade Regulations: 17th Conference of the Parties
- Regulations amending the Wild Animal and Plant Trade Regulations (Salamanders)
- Response to the report on strengthening the Canadian Environmental Protection Act
- The Government of Canada’s response to private member’s motion M-104 regarding the creation of an Ottawa River Watershed Council
- Funding the low carbon economy leadership fund
- Addressing Air Pollution Horizontal Initiative
- Public Statement for the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Environmental and Regulatory Reviews
- Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Volatile Organic Compounds (Petroleum Sector)
- Marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdictions: new international treaty negotiation
- Adapting to the impacts of climate change
- 2017 Amendment to Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (migratory birds)
2016
- Amended hunting provisions (Schedule 1) of the Migratory Birds Regulations
- Critical Habitat of the Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) Order
- Emergency order for the protection of the Western Chorus Frog (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence - Canadian Shield population)
- Managing Canada-US boundary waters: Meeting Canada’s Commitments
- Negotiating mandate that supports the adoption in 2016 of an Amendment to Phase Down Hydrofluorocarbons under the Montreal Protocol
- Ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
- Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
- Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector)
- Canada’s Approach for Implementing the Paris Agreement
- Oceans Protection Plan
2013
- Federal Sustainable Development Strategy 2013-2016
- Implementation of the Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring
- Lake Simcoe/South-eastern Georgian Bay Clean-Up Fund
- National Conservation Plan
- Publication of the Updated Canadian Ambient Air Quality Standards and Implementation of Industrial Emission Requirements
2012
- Clean Air Regulatory Agenda
- Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan Phase II
- Great Lakes Nutrient Initiative
- Helping Canadians Adapt to a Changing Climate
- International Climate Change Strategy 2011: Fast Start Financing
- International Climate Change Strategy and the Canada-U.S. Clean Energy Dialogue
- Lake Winnipeg Basin Initiative Renewal
- Strengthening the Government of Canada’s Weather Monitoring Infrastructure
- Supporting Climate Change and Atmospheric Research at Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions
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