Comments on Draft Environmental Impact Statement Guidelines, BHP Diamond Mine (Parlee McLaws, April 1995)
The City of Yellowknife, represented by Parlee McLaws law firm, submits comments on the Draft Guidelines for the BHP Diamond Mine EIS, requesting that the proponent be required to conduct a comprehensive economic impact analysis for the project's life, including local, territorial, and national impacts. The letter includes supporting economic analysis examples from the Westcastle resort project in Alberta to illustrate the methodology and detail expected.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Parlee McLaws (law firm), City of Yellowknife, BHP Diamond Mine Panel, Letha MacLachlan, Dr. A.A. Kubursi, Econometric Research Limited, Richard C. Secord, Dan Levert
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Edmonton, Alberta, Calgary, Westcastle, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Peace River, Athabasca
- Parameters
- economic impact analysis, employment, value added, gross output, labour income, local sourcing, construction costs, operating costs, economic multiplier effect, direct impacts, indirect impacts, induced impacts, tax revenue, imports and exports
- Pages
- 19
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