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SUMMARY:Policy making in confined spaces: the politics of exclusion in Can
 ada's planning reform agenda - Lindsay Galbraith\, PhD Student at the Depa
 rtment of Geography
DTSTART:20120612T120000Z
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CONTACT:kathryn humphries
DESCRIPTION:In northwestern British Columbia (BC)\, a large number of infr
 astructure projects are proposed and many of them are subject to environme
 ntal impact assessment (EIA). As Canada introduces significant reforms thi
 s year to streamline EIA\, this paper examines the implications of these c
 hanges for policy making in the energy sector and for BC First Nations. Pl
 anning offers some of the very few formal spaces where policy discussions 
 take place between First Nations and the governments of Canada and BC\, us
 ually over effects of developments on Aboriginal rights. A theoretical fra
 mework is introduced to conceptualize this particular role for planning in
  policy-making. The framework is then used to examine one in-depth case\ns
 tudy where the Haida Nation has used planning to regain some control over 
 their island territory. As the Haida attempt to use planning to regain con
 trol over their ocean territory\, Canada has actively resisted\, leaving t
 he EIA process as the only formal venue available to hear Haida concerns o
 ver their ocean territory. Two EIAs are proposed in the Haida ocean\nterri
 tory: a large offshore wind farm and an Enbridge oil pipeline and tanker p
 roject. These EIAs are examined in conjunction with the wider national dis
 course linking these events to the planning reform agenda. Findings sugges
 t that planning reform is a task aimed at deepening control over policy cr
 itics and has important implications for excluding First Nations from Cana
 dian policy-making and increasing tensions as First\nNations and their all
 ies turn to the courts and less formal venues.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Department of Geography
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