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Training and Events Apr 14, 2021

Reform of the Environmental Permitting Regime: What You Need to Know

During a recent interactive webinar, Partner Anne-Frédérique Bourret and Counsel Jean Piette, Ad. E. discussed the new version of the Environmental Quality Act and its regulations: are the processes really simplified or complexified?

Since one of the main objectives of the modernization of the Act and its regulations is to simplify the permitting mechanisms for businesses, our environmental lawyers examined the practical impact of these new provisions on business owners and executives.

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