Notice of Transition to the Amended Impact Assessment Act

Ottawa — October 31, 2024 — On June 20, 2024, the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 received Royal Assent and brought into force amendments to the Impact Assessment Act (the IAA). Transitional provision 305 of the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 states that, in order to bring a designated project under the IAA, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change or the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) must take a step with regards to the project under any of sections 10 to 59 of the IAA.

In accordance with transitional provision 305(2), IAAC is taking the following step under the IAA for the Georgina Island Fixed Link Project (the project):

• Subsection 18(5) Suspending time limit and posting reasons for the suspension

In posting this notice, any step completed before the amended IAA came into force regarding the project is deemed to have been taken under the amended IAA.

Time limits

Transitional provision 305(4) of the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 grants IAAC the power to replace any time limit or period established by or under the IAA with another time limit or period.

IAAC is not replacing any time limit or period for the project. The time limit of the Planning phase, which will remain at 180 days with 57 days elapsed, continues to be suspended at the request of the proponent.

For more information on this impact assessment, please contact:

Georgina Island Fixed Link Project
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
600-55 York Street
Toronto, Ontario M5J 1R7
Telephone: 416-952-1576
Email: GeorginaIsland-IleGeorgina@iaac-aeic.gc.ca