Quebec and Ottawa have agreed to streamline the environmental assessment process for major infrastructure and resource development projects.
In a joint announcement made on Monday, Quebec Environment Minister Pascale Déry and Federal Minister and Quebec Liaison Joël Lightbound announced that they had reached an agreement in principle to eliminate duplication and speed up the assessment process for major projects such as mines.
A 21-day public consultation on the matter will take place this summer.
The goal, Lightbound said, is “to ratify this agreement within a month.”
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