Call to Action #55

The status is Active. Responsive activity is implemented in federal impact assessment, federal energy regulation, provincial environmental assessment, and Indigenous-led major-project standards. The Impact Assessment Act and IAAC policy and guidance materials require Indigenous participation, Crown consultation, Indigenous knowledge consideration, and assessment of impacts on Indigenous rights and interests.¹,²,³ CER processes also provide Crown consultation and Indigenous advisory mechanisms for federally regulated energy projects.⁴,⁵ British Columbia’s environmental-assessment process includes consensus-seeking, Indigenous participation, and tools for Indigenous-led assessment.⁶ Indigenous-led standards from the First Nations Major Projects Coalition further define what stronger consultation should look like from a First Nations perspective.⁷ These mechanisms are active, although they do not create one national rule making Indigenous interests paramount across every major resource and energy project.