Order in Council 1036/2023

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas section 3.2 of the Environmental Assessment Act provides that where the Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks considers that it is in the public interest, having regard to the purpose of the Act and weighing it against the injury, damage or interference that might be caused to any person or property by the application of the Act to any undertaking or class of undertakings, the Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may by order amend conditions of an order that declares that the Act or the regulations or a matter provided for under the Act does not apply with respect to a proponent, a class of proponents, an undertaking or a class of undertakings subject to such conditions as the Minister may impose;

Whereas the attached order amends the declaration order made under subsection 3.2 (1) of the Act entitled “Declaration – Projects and Activities being considered for inclusion in the Algonquin Land Claim Settlement”, dated July 23, 2007 and approved by Order in Council 1900/2007, (Algonquin Land Claim Declaration Order) to align that Order with a proposed regulation that unconditionally exempts certain Crown projects and activities (undertakings) to which that order applies;

Whereas the Minister has considered that it is in the public interest to make the amending order, having considered the purpose of the Act and weighing it against the injury, damage or interference that would have resulted from the Act applying to the class of undertakings to which the Algonquin Land Claim Declaration Order applied, which are set out in the recitals in that Order and continue to apply to the undertakings to which the amended Order applies;

Therefore, pursuant to the provisions of the Environmental Assessment Act, the attached order amending the Algonquin Land Claim Declaration Order be approved.

Declaration Order