Projects

The YESAA legislation mandates assessors to look at the potential environmental and socio-economic effects of proposed activities and to recommend whether the activities should proceed, proceed with terms and conditions, or not proceed. When assessments are complete, recommendations with reasons will be forwarded to the relevant decision bodies.

The federal government, territorial government and/or First Nation governments, as decision bodies for the activities, will receive the recommendations from the assessor with all relevant project information. The decision body (or bodies) will then decide whether to accept, reject, or vary the recommendations of the assessor. Their decision is then issued in a decision document.