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Notice of Intent to Conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Closing date: September 18, 2009
The Government of Canada has recently launched negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union (EU). It is now conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (EA) to inform these negotiations. Comments are invited on any likely and significant environmental impacts which this prospective CETA may have on Canada.
The Government of Canada is committed to sustainable development. Mutually supportive trade, investment and environmental policies can contribute to this objective. To this end, the Minister of International Trade has directed trade officials to improve their understanding of, and information based on, the relationship between trade and environmental issues at the earliest stages of decision making, and to do this through an open and inclusive process. Environmental assessments of trade negotiations are critical to this work.
This process is guided by the 2001 Framework for Conducting Environmental Assessments of Trade Negotiations and with direction from the 2004 Cabinet Directive on the Environmental Assessment of Policy, Plan, and Program Proposals.
For more information, please visit the following Web sites:
- Canada Gazette Notice - July 18, 2009
- Canada-European Union: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) Negotiations
All interested parties are invited to submit their views on any likely and significant environmental impacts on Canada resulting from the prospective Canada-EU CETA by Friday, September 18, 2009.
Contributions can be sent by e-mail, fax or mail to:
Consultations and Liaison Division BSL, Environmental Assessment Consultations — Canada-EU CETA
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
Lester B. Pearson Building
125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2
e-mail: consultations@international.gc.ca
Fax: 613-944-3214
