Is the environmental assessment process a planning tool?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Environmental Resource Centre v. Canada (Minister of Environment), 2001 FCT 1423 (CanLII):
The Respondent Ministers submit that the environmental assessment process, here in issue, is essentially a planning tool. It is not intended to act as a strict regulatory instrument; see: Friends of the Oldman River v. Canada, supra, at 71.
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