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Intervenor Funding for Public Participation in Federal Environmental Decision-Making - A Short History (Paperback)
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Intervenor Funding for Public Participation in Federal Environmental Decision-Making - A Short History (Paperback)
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In the past fifteen years, it has become evident that citizens and
non-government organizations (NGOs) are facing increased financial
and technical barriers to participating in environmental
decision-making processes on approvals, planning, and assessments
and hearing processes. In part this is due to the various effects
of "downsizing," streamlining, and harmonization policies being
implemented by all levels of government in Canada, the United
States and other nations. In addition, there are greater demands on
funding sources for all non-profit and volunteer-based
organizations. Moreover, globalization and issues such as climate
change are altering the complexity of legal and policy issues. One
mechanism that is available to level the playing field is called
participant or intervenor funding. The concept behind intervenor
funding is fairly straightforward. By the mid 1980s many public
hearing processes (for example, the Ontario Energy Board or OEB)
were based on full-cost recovery, proponents-pay cost awards; cost
awards to intervenors are determined at the end of the hearing to
compensate them for their participation. Intervenor funding simply
provides funding in advance of a hearing for those who cannot
otherwise afford to participate without up-front funding.
Intervenor awards are deducted from the cost awards at end. This
book examines the early evolution of intervenor funding in the mid
1970s and early 1980s through the lens of the Berger Inquiry, the
first major public inquiry in Canada which examined the
environmental and social impacts of a pipeline mega-project through
the Northwest Territories. In the Berger Inquiry, First Nations
communities, environmental groups and individuals were able to
better contribute to the public hearings because of the intervenor
funding financial assistance provided to them. In June 1988, then
Ontario Attorney General Ian Scott, introduced the Intervenor
Funding Project Act in the Ontario Legislature. Scott had acted as
commission counsel to the Berger Inquiry (1974-1978) and this
provided a model for legislation subsequently passed in many other
jurisdictions in Canada. This book explores key topics such as: Why
was funding for participation in environmental decision-making
important? When should it be used? What can groups do to achieve
their goals in the event that they are unable to obtain adequate
resources?
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