1. Overview of the law -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Requirements for federal environmental assessment under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act -- 1.3. Environmental assessments -- 1.4. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency --
2. Recent issues -- 2.1. Coordination of federal and provincial assessments -- 2.2. Coordination of federal authorities -- 2.3. Substitution -- 2.4. Scoping -- 2.5. Cumulative environmental effects -- 2.6. Follow-up programs, compliance monitoring and quality assurance -- 2.7. Strategic environmental assessment -- 3. Conclusion