Joint Submission on the Infrastructure Projects Act (Phase 1: Provincially Significant Projects)

This document outlines our joint response to the BC Government’s engagement on the eligibility requirements for provincially significant projects under the Infrastructure Projects Act (“IPA”). We have also taken this opportunity to comment on other aspects of the IPA, particularly those matters that are not currently scheduled for separate engagement processes.

The submissions begin with comments on the government’s legislative development process and high-level conceptual concerns with the IPA and the proposed framework. We then proceed to specific comments on each of the four parts of the Province’s proposed eligibility requirements.