Traduction de «Guide pour une évaluation environnementale préalable » (Français → Anglais) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 425 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to the current pandemic of new influenza A (H1N1): (a) who is at the top of the pandemic organizational chart for the country; (b) what gaps still exist in the government’s overarching plan, recognizing that it is an ever-evolving plan, and by what date will identified gaps be addressed; (c) what money remains from the $400 million contained in the budget of 2006 as ‘to be set aside as a contingency to be accessed on an as-needed basis’; (d) what funds have been spent since the start of the pandemic in Canada to address response, specifically, (i) what government departm ...[+++]ents have tested their pandemic plan, (ii) what departments operationalized their plans or part of their plans in the spring, and updated their plans since the lessons learned from the spring; (e) should there be an election, what is the pandemic preparedness plan for Elections Canada, both to protect the health and well-being of its employees and Canadians; (f) what are the outstanding issues among medical personnel in terms of preparedness, and how are these issues being addressed; (g) what was the process for monitoring swine herds prior to April 24, 2009, and how has it increased since that date; (h) what is the purpose behind the absence of a Canadian notifiable swine influenza surveillance system; (i) what is known of the clinical spectrum of the disease at this time, and what are the possible long-term impacts on lungs, and other organs, and potential long-term costs to the healthcare system; (j) by what date are provincial and territorial vaccine distribution plans to be in place, what oversight exists to ensure they are in place, and will they be made public; (k) what contingency plans are being put in place should Canadian distributors run out of stock of N95 masks; (l) will there be a compensation package should there be challenges with the vaccine; (m) what recommendations are being made to those with chronic con ...

The Commission considers that, before being approved, this change should first have been environmentally assessed, in accordance with the EIA Directive.

[16] ‘A Handbook on Environmental Assessment of Regional Development Plans and EU Structural Funds Programmes’, prepared by Environmental Resources Management for the European Commission, DGXI, Environment, Nuclear Safety and Civil Protection, August 1998.See [http ...]

It requires a wide range of plans and programmes to undergo an environmental assessment before they are adopted.

Following the completion of the reform of the Structural Funds 2006, every plan or programme which is adopted after 2006 within the framework of these Funds and which falls within the scope of the SEA Directive must be subject to a prior environmental assessment.

Mr. Peter Stoffer: So a licence should be based upon a prior environmental assessment.