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Marginal note:Request for studies or research

• 112 (1) At the request of the federal minister, or at the request of the territorial minister or a first nation and with the consent of the federal minister, or at the request of a first nation or the territorial minister and at its or his or her expense, the executive committee may undertake

  • (a) studies of environmental or socio-economic effects that are cumulative geographically or over time; or

• Marginal note:Collaboration

  (1.1) With the approval of the ministers and first nations that request or consent to a study or research under subsection (1), the executive committee may conduct the study or research in collaboration with any other body.

• Marginal note:Agreement

  (2) The executive committee may conclude agreements respecting the terms of reference, scope and scheduling of studies or research with the ministers and first nations that request or consent to them.

• Marginal note:Obtaining information

  (3) Subject to any other Act of Parliament, territorial law or first nation law, the executive committee may obtain from any first nation, government agency or independent regulatory agency any information in their possession that the executive committee requires for the purpose of conducting a study or research.

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Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act.

  financial assistance

  financial assistance  means a payment, loan or loan guarantee, but does not include

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  • (b) assistance for anything done preliminary to a project, such as a feasibility study, that does not have effects on the environment; or

  • (c) assistance for an environmental or socio-economic study undertaken in relation to the assessment of a project, except a study that itself comprises a project. (aide financière)

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Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) The following definitions apply in this Act.

  financial assistance

  financial assistance  means a payment, loan or loan guarantee, but does not include

  • [...]

  • (b) assistance for anything done preliminary to a project, such as a feasibility study, that does not have effects on the environment; or

  • (c) assistance for an environmental or socio-economic study undertaken in relation to the assessment of a project, except a study that itself comprises a project. (aide financière)

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Studies and Research

Marginal note:Application of Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

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• Marginal note:Application of Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

  (2) Notwithstanding section 6, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act continues to apply — to the exclusion of the provisions of this Act respecting projects — in respect of a proposal for a project for which a screening or comprehensive study was commenced under that Act before the coming into force of Part 2 of this Act, but where the project is referred to a review panel pursuant to subsection 29(1) of that Act, that Act ceases to apply and section 63 of this Act applies as if the Minister of the Environment had agreed to a request made by the executive committee under paragraph 61(1)(b).