{"id":397,"date":"2022-01-11T09:21:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T17:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/accessiblebcactstandards\/?page_id=397"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:40:09","slug":"process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/process\/","title":{"rendered":"Engagement process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-container\"><div class=\"engagement-page\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-content\"><bcgov-breadcrumb>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\">Home<\/a>\n                          <span>\n        Engagement process\n  <\/span>\n  <div style=\"display: flex\" slot=\"breadcrumb-extra\">\n      <\/div>\n  <\/bcgov-breadcrumb>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"bcgov-engagement-header \">Engagement process<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase 1: Provincially Significant Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 10, 2025 to September 30, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engagement has concluded. If you&#8217;re interested, you can read the background information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People were asked to share ideas about how Provincially Significant projects are chosen. They also gave feedback on the tools in the Act, which apply to both Provincial Capital and Provincially Significant projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve prepared some helpful background information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Information about the legislation (<a title=\"\" href=\"\/infrastructure\/about\/\">Infrastructure Projects Act<\/a>) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"\/infrastructure\/tools\/#tools\" title=\"\">tools enabled through the Act<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The possible <a title=\"\" href=\"\/infrastructure\/eligibility\">eligibility requirements for designation<\/a> of Provincially Significant projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>From July to September, we offered small group discussions on this topic. Find out how to <a title=\"\" href=\"\/infrastructure\/home#Phase1\">share your feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase 2: Qualified Professional Reliance Model<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 31, 2025 to November 28, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the Qualified Professional Reliance Model, you can read the background information: <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/proposed-qualified-professional-reliance-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Proposed Qualified Professional Reliance Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From July to October we offered small group discussions and a technical questionnaire on this topic. Find out how to <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/home#Phase2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">share your feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phase 3: Expedited environmental assessment process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 2026 to April 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) is leading engagement on a faster environmental assessment process. This work focuses on major projects designated under the Infrastructure Projects Act as provincially significant or as designated provincial capital projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more and share your feedback, visit the Environmental Assessment Office\u2019s engagement page on <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.eao.gov.bc.ca\/xEA\">expedited environmental assessments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-call-to-actions undefined cta-left-image is-style-dark\"><div class=\"call-to-action-content\">\n<p><strong>Learn more:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/infrastructure\/about\/\" title=\"\">About the Act<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/infrastructure\/tools\" title=\"\">Project categories, designation, and tools<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/infrastructure\/eligibility\" title=\"\">Possible eligibility requirements<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/infrastructure\/proposed-qualified-professional-reliance-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Proposed Qualified Professional Reliance Model<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phase 1: Provincially Significant Projects July 10, 2025 to September 30, 2025 Engagement has concluded. If you&#8217;re interested, you can read the background information. People were asked to share ideas about how Provincially Significant projects are chosen. They also gave feedback on the tools in the Act, which apply to both Provincial Capital and Provincially &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/process\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3671,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-397","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4941,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/397\/revisions\/4941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/infrastructure\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}