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IMPACT ASSESSMENT STRATEGY [5 records]

Record 1 2026-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Environment
  • Economics
OBS

This cabinet directive focuses on the potential environmental and economic considerations of key government decisions, with a special focus on climate change and biodiversity.

OBS

This directive does not replace project-level assessments conducted under the Impact Assessment Act. This directive complements other key analytical tools, including Gender-based Analysis Plus and the Cabinet Directive on the Federal Approach to Modern Treaty Implementation, and supports the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy. Applied together, these tools provide an integrated assessment of the environmental, economic and inclusivity considerations supporting government decision making.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Environnement
  • Économique
OBS

La présente directive du cabinet est axée sur les potentielles considérations environnementales et économiques des décisions clés du gouvernement, avec une attention particulière portée aux questions des changements climatiques et de la biodiversité.

OBS

La directive ne remplace pas les évaluations des projets menés dans le cadre de la Loi sur l'évaluation d'impact. Elle complète les autres outils analytiques, y compris l'analyse comparative entre les sexes plus et la Directive du Cabinet sur l'approche fédérale pour la mise en œuvre des traités modernes, et appuie la Stratégie fédérale de développement durable. Ensemble, ces outils fournissent une évaluation intégrée des considérations en matière d'environnement, d'économie et d'inclusivité à l'appui de la prise de décisions du gouvernement.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Waste Management
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
DEF

A strategy of environmental protection that involves the application of compensation, mitigation, contingency and community relations measures identified as necessary through detailed impact assessment studies.

CONT

Reduced to its basic components, impact management involves four kinds of measures ... 1) mitigation measures ... 2) compensation measures ... 3) contingency measures ... 4) community relations measures ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Gestion des déchets
  • Déchets nucléaires
DEF

Stratégie de protection environnementale comportant l'application de mesures de compensation, d'atténuation, de contingence et de relations communautaires jugées nécessaires par suite d'études détaillées d'évaluation des impacts.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medidas contra la contaminación
  • Gestión de los desechos
  • Desechos nucleares
Key term(s)
  • manejo de impactos
  • gestión de impactos
  • administración de impactos
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Record 3 1995-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Radioactive Contamination
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
CONT

... devising an appropriate impact management strategy... will involve using a problem-solving process that requires careful assessment of potential impacts, both positive and negative, and a good understanding of the kinds of impact management options that can be put in place to manage impacts.... The siting guidelines... will be designed to assist the communities involved in the siting process in developing appropriate impact management strategies and negotiating sound impact management agreements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Pollution par radioactivité
  • Déchets nucléaires

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Radioactive Contamination
CONT

... devising an appropriate impact management strategy... will involve using a problem-solving process that requires careful assessment of potential impacts, both positive and negative, and a good understanding of the kinds of impact management options that can be put in place to manage impacts..... The siting guidelines... will be designed to assist the communities involved in the siting process in developing appropriate impact management strategies and negotiating sound impact management agreements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Pollution par radioactivité

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

In a widely recognized book, Holling (1978) developed the rationale behind "Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management." This approach is an outgrowth of a recognition of the highly dynamic nature of ecosystems and the need to have policy-makers participate in the design of resource management and impact assessment strategies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
OBS

Ou mieux : évaluation des impacts. Voir fiche "rapport d'évaluation des impacts".

Spanish

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