Page 2 – Eligible Project Types

About Eligible Project Types

The Province defines the categories below. To be designated as Provincially Significant, a project must fit one or more of these types. The definitions here are provided for reference by the Province. You’ll see these options again when you’re asked to choose your top five. We don’t recommend any option.

Your Priorities

This is a personal-priorities question. Select your top five project types—there is no right or wrong answer and no preferred set. These options are randomized on the survey, so you might not see the exact same order on your version of the survey.

Expanding Question

If you select Yes on the next question, you’ll be able to leave a comment. For ideas, see the optional suggested statements further down this page.

Opportunity for Comment

If you selected Yes on the previous question, you’ll now be able to leave a comment. For ideas, see the menu of optional suggested responses further down this page.

Menu of Suggested Responses

The grey boxes below are a menu of optional suggested statements to help you complete the survey. They appear in a random order each time you visit—no item is prioritized or preferred. Click Copy to place a statement on your clipboard, then paste it into the survey and edit it to make it your own.

General Responses
General responses to the survey.

The Eligible Project Types are too broad. The regulations need clear, evidence-based definitions of Eligible Project Types that justify why they advance economic, social, and environmental benefits. (projects types should advance all three).
All Project Types must exclude any project related to the production, transportation or export of fossil fuels. This is essential to uphold Premier Eby and Minister Ma’s promises that LNG projects or pipelines will be barred from being designated projects.
The regulations should clearly state that fossil fuels are not a sustainable energy resource, and that fossil fuel projects and fossil fuel infrastructure cannot be designated under the Act as they will undermine BC’s climate goals.
The Public Infrastructure Project Type leaves a back-door for almost any “public” project to be eligible. The province should remove this category or write a definition that refers to specific problems that it has evidence for needing to be fixed urgently.

Mining Responses
Responses that reference the Critical Minerals and Mining Project Type.

The Critical Minerals and Mining Project Type should be removed. Major mining projects (including critical minerals mines) have substantial and severe environmental, social, and economic implications. They need rigorous review that cannot be fast-tracked without risking human, environmental and economic well-being.
The Critical Minerals and Mining Project Type, if included, should involve include only “transition” mineral projects that demonstrably (using evidence-based methodology) support the transition to a low-carbon economy, and extract only those minerals recognized and evidenced as transition mineralscritical (i.e. should explicitly exclude any gold, silver, or coal extraction, production, and/or distribution).

Housing Responses
Responses that reference the area of housing.

The Housing Project Type should prioritize climate-proof housing. This could include low-carbon, affordable new builds and market development initiatives like retrofits. This is a chance to not just invest in one-off projects, but to support sustainable communities for the long term.