Federal/Provincial Relations

Joint Work Planning

The Environmental Assessment Office and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency have developed a joint project work planning tool, which can be used simultaneously by staff from both organizations for projects that undergo a joint environmental assessment.

The joint project work plan tool tracks and reports on achievements of important environmental assessment milestones, such as public comment periods, issuance of orders, approvals of application terms of reference, and referral of assessment reports to ministers.

A joint project work plan will be developed for every project that undergoes a joint environmental assessment. It will be developed at the beginning of the process and set out detailed, specific timeframes for each aspect of an EA. The project work plan will be useful for working groups as well as proponents in scheduling activities and meeting deadlines throughout the entire review process. 

Example of a Workplan.