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Michael van Aanhout

Chairman, Stratos Inc. MvanAanhout@stratos-sts.com 613-241-1001 ext 243

Stefan Reinecke

Manager, Stratos Inc. SReinecke@stratos-sts.com 613-241-1001 ext 234

Today’s Presenters:

Stratos is a specialized management consulting firm which works to help businesses, governments and associations recognize and act on environmental, social and economic risks and opportunities.

Michael van Aanhout Chairman | Stratos Inc.

Getting it Right

Conference Board of Canada Webinar Series September 18, 2014

Stefan Reinecke Manager| Stratos Inc.

Evolving Place-Based Approaches to Sustainable Resource Development

a little context

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Development ‘hotspots’

IGNITING THE RING OF FIRE: NO ONE HAS A PLAN (Toronto Star, 2014)

“No one has assessed the overall opportunities and risks of Ring of Fire development. No

• ne has prepared a considered vision of the desirable future for the region or how to

get us there. And so far, none of the booster ribbon contestants has promised to try.”

PEMBINA REACTS TO TABLING OF THE LOWER ATHABASCA REGIONAL PLAN (Pembina Institute, 2012)

“Through the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan, Premier Redford and Minister McQueen have made progress on Alberta’s commitment to responsible oil sands development.”

GROUP CALLS FOR GULF OF ST LAWRENCE OIL AND GAS MORATORIUM (CBC News, 2014)

“The groups … insist a review panel and thorough public discussion on the issue be held across Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, P.E.I., New Brunswick and Quebec to consult with the communities and First Nations about the future of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.”

PEEL A ‘NO-GO ZONE:’ MINERS (Yukon News, 2014)

“The level of uncertainty for mining exploration in the Peel watershed couldn’t possibly be understated,” Samson Hartland, executive director of the Yukon Chamber of Mines.

PLANNING ORG UNVEILS FINAL DRAFT BLUEPRINT FOR NUNAVUT LAND USE (Nunatsiaq Online, 2014)

“Harmonizing competing interests has been achieved by acknowledging that economic development and wildlife in many cases can co-exist”

In the news…

things are changing

A brief history…

There has been an evolution in the concepts, tools, and processes for assessment and decision making on major projects 1970 1980 2000 1990 2010

Berger Inquiry

geographic phical scope: local/site impacts  regional and cumulative impacts

Free Prior and Informed Consent Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act Beaufort Regional EA Lower Athabasca Regional Plan Traditional Knowledge

iss ssue ue scope: environmental  socio-economic  cultural

Strategic / Regional Environmental Assessment Nuclear Waste Management Organization – Willing Host Community Traditional approaches to planning and decision making

who decides des: governments / industry  Aboriginal people / communities

Land use planning

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Source: NRCan, 2013

Mining lifecycle… in more detail

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Withdrawal Tolerance Acceptance Approval Ownership

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Setting the scene

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an ideal approach

settle outstanding standing land claims ms and other Abo Aborigin ginal rights ghts issue reach a prelimin minary y conse sens nsus us that mining or oil & gas development provides an acceptable/desired form of economic development land-us use planni nning ng – what can happen where regional nal cumula lati tive effec ects ts assessment essment (baselines, forecasting, monitoring) communi nity ty assessme essment nts s and visio sioni ning ng (preparedness assessments, community well-being studies)

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nal scale e analyses yses and engagement ent processes to address specific constraints to development

(infrastructure gaps, education and training)

Project specific regulatory process

An ideal planning and decision making sequence

Project A Project B Project C

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ential tial stress ess/ / challen enge/ ge/ devel elopmen pment t opportu tunity nity

Examples: mples:

• CanNor Community Readiness Initiative
• Community Resilience or Vulnerability Studies
• NWMO Community visioning exercises and well-being assessments

Could d include: ude:

• Taking stock (valued socio-economic components)
• Visioning
• Identifying actions to build community capacity
• Informing engagement with government and the private sector

and their potential roles:

• Government services
• Corporate community investment (shared value)
• Project design decisions (e.g. infrastructure configurations)

Community assessments

Community Goal Project Goal

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Many of the barriers to resource development and the approaches to managing impacts and maximizing benefits are region ional in nature.

Regional analysis and engagement

For example:

• Low population density calls for regional approaches to

human resource challenges

• New transportation networks are needed, and require

collaboration and coordination between stakeholders

• Climate change impacts and cumulative impacts of

development demand regional engagement, environmental assessment and monitoring

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As community and stakeholder expectations grow (and are asserted), the value of early engagement is being demonstrated.

• Avalon’s Nechalacho Project – exemplary early engagement
• Northern Gateway – government was late at the table

Regional (and early!) engagement

New and creative approaches to conducting and supporting engagement are less project-specific and more holistic.

• Nunavik parnasimautik initiative
• Alberta play-based regulation: area/subregional engagement

to address impacts within an oil or gas play

• Roles for government: engagement protocols, frameworks for

equity participation (e.g. GNWT Land Use and Sustainability Framework)

• NWMO site selection process for long-term nuclear waste

repository: regional input into design of process, regional assessment step in implementation of process

The relati tively high h constr structi uction n and operati ting ng costs ts of northe thern rn and remot

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e projects cts (especia ecially in Nu Nunavut ut) can be d directl rectly y attribut ributed d to limit mited d transp nsportation tation infrastructur nfrastructure

• Coordination and collaboration are essential - can’t go it alone
• Lack of, or at least inconsistent, national infrastructure strategy.
• Strategic long-range planning, where it occurs, happening in stove pipes
• Barriers to collaboration: project feasibility, risk, changing project plans,

mindset.

Regional analysis and planning: Infrastructure

What is the wa way forward? d? Who leads?

• Government role in reducing risk (funding, reducing borrowing costs,

planning and coordination, pre-approval of corridors)

• But corporately-led collaborations also exist (Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter

Road) Other er consi sidera rati tion

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• Conventional P3 models difficult to execute in the north
• Infrastructure models need to do a better job at recognizing social

benefits

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A pan-northern workforce

• It all starts with the individual – whole-person approach

and not just skills (e.g. mining skills)

• Inherent value of education and training
• Human capital can transcend region’s natural resource

endowment (Faroe Islands)

• Education and training in Aboriginal communities,

especially in the context of Northern resource development, is an evolving area of practice

• Desire to share practices and standardize across

regions (e.g. Yukon and Alaska)

• Collaboration between communities (mine training

societies) and across the north

Getting it right

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Develop, p, arti ticulat ulate, , and imple mpleme ment nt visio sion; n; engage and collaborat rate

• Define vision and goals for community
• Shift from reactive response to proactive planning
• Engage, communicate and provide direction to those who influence your community
• Collaborate towards the achievement of shared goals

communities industry

Know the region n and its ts people; ; engage early; y; work rk collecti tively

• Know the land, know the people
• Engage early and honestly
• Understand community needs to inform targeted investments
• Identify and work collectively towards shared goals
• Consider the importance of scale and potential for staged projects

governments

Build d communit unity y capacity; y; fa facilitat tate engagement nt; ; invest est in infrastru frastructu ture re & public science nce; ; devolve decisio sion-mak making ng

• Build community capacity: basic education, services, skills training, SME support
• Create forums for regional engagement and analysis
• Support and facilitate infrastructure planning, financing, and development
• Invest in geoscience, environmental baselines / forecasting / monitoring
• Support bottom-up decision-making

Thank you!

Michael van Aanhout, Chairman, Stratos Inc. MvanAanhout@stratos-sts.com 613-241-1001 ext 243 @strat tratos

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sts /company/stratos-inc. www.stratos-sts.com Stefan Reinecke Manager, Stratos Inc. SReinecke@stratos-sts.com 613-241-1001 ext 234

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