YUKON COUNCIL ON THE ECONOMY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

YUKON COUNCIL ON THE ECONOMY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Minutes of November 19, 1998

Public Service Commission Training Room
Whitehorse, Yukon

Members Present:

Jennifer Mauro	Chair
Daryn Leas	Council of Yukon First Nations
Dave Austin	Yukon Chamber of Mines
Andy Williams	Yukon Conservation Society
Ralph Nordling	Member at Large
Kathy Watson	Association of Yukon Communities
John Carroll	Yukon Chamber of Commerce
Louise Bouvier	Yukon Indian Women's Association

Secretariat:

Toby Sanger

Secretariat, Executive Council Office

DAP Representatives:

Bill Klassen	DAP Commission
Carola Scheu	DAP Commission
Steven Mills	Council of Yukon First Nations
John Bailey	Government of Canada Senior Representative
Gary Nichol	DIAND

Regrets:

Louise Ranger	Yukon Federation of Labour
George Johnson	Council of Yukon First Nations
Lucy van Oldenbarneveld	Yukon Status of Women's Council

Meeting Agenda

The Amended Draft Agenda was approved as written.

1. DAP Background

Representatives from the DAP Commission, CYFN and the Government of Canada provided YCEE members with a summary of the history and background of the draft DAP Act.

2. Summary of the Development Assessment Process

DAP representatives outlined the anticipated DAP process and structure.

Council members expressed concern about:

The use of language assuming all projects cause adverse effects
The lack of a requirement to consider the positive aspects of a proposed project
Lack of proposed time limits for reviews of projects
Lack of explicit involvement of municipalities in projects that may affect them
Need for more certainty about informational requirements at the entry point for proponents
The fact that regulatory bodies will not be bound by decision documents
Lack of clarity with rules and procedures
Lack of clarity regarding cost and funding levels and/or requirements

3. Legislative Development and Next Steps

DAP representatives summarized the proposed legislation and forms of regulation to be introduced under the DAP Act.

There will be three sets of regulations:

Inclusion/Exclusion list (to be introduced with DAP Act)
Mandatory Review List (to be introduced with DAP Act)
Timelines Regulations (to be introduced later)

There will be temporary enforcement procedures in place for six years and there will be a five year review/evaluation of the legislation and enforcement provisions.

Council members expressed concern about such areas as:

lack of clarity of relationship with other regulatory bodies and or agencies
establishment of criteria for district offices to do assessments to ensure consistency
lack of a one-window approach for regulatory approvals under DAP
cost of the process for proponents
overall cost of the proposed process
application of the process to both private and settlement land
the inclusion/exclusion list

ACTION: Council agreed that it should provide comments and suggestions on the proposed Development Assessment Process Legislation. Council agreed that a working group would get together and propose the best approach to be taken by Council to be able to provide comments and suggestions. The proposal will be made to all Council members for approval before proceeding.

Meeting adjourned at 4:00 P.M.

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Jennifer Mauro, Chair