Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus

Action Alert: Canada’s Environmental Assessment Law Is Under Attack
Please check out our alert, and take action! Call your MP, write a letter to the editor, talk to your friends and neighbours!

The Environmental Planning and Assessment (EPA) Caucus is always looking for knowledgeable, passionate individuals to participate in the Caucus’ activities and projects.

At this time, the EPA Caucus is involved in many projects, including:

  • The 7-year review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA)
  • Participation in the Regulatory Action Committee, a multi-stakeholder committee that advises the Minister of Environment on regulations and guidelines needed to implement the CEAA

If funds are available, EPA Caucus members meet in-person twice a year – once in the spring and another meeting in Ottawa every fall. Their meetings offer caucus members an opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, discuss ongoing challenges and strategy around EA in Canada.

If you are part of an RCEN member organization and would like to get involved in the EPA Caucus, please contact the caucus coordinator at the information listed on the right. If your organization would like to join the RCEN, please see our Membership page.

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Steering Committee

Doug Badger
Environmental Action Committee, AB

John Burcombe
Mouvement Au Courant, QC

Rachel Forbes (interim co-chair)
West Coast Environmental Law Association, BC

Roberta Frampton Benefiel
Grand Riverkeeper Labrador, Inc., NL

Stephen Hazell
Ecojustice, ON

Joseph M. Hnatiuk
Canadian Society of Environmental Biologists, AB

Jamie Kneen (co-chair)
MiningWatch Canada, ON

Arlene Kwasniak
Alberta Wilderness Association, AB

Bruno Marcocchio
Sierra Club of Canada – Atlantic Chapter, NS

Pat Moss
Northwest Institute, BC

Michael Poellet
Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Cooperative, SK

Gary Schneider
Environmental Coalition of PEI, PE

John Sinclair
Green Action Centre, MB