128.9. The Government, upon the advice of the Minister and after a public hearing by the Minister or his representative, may, on such conditions as it determines, authorize the carrying on of an activity that alters a wildlife habitat if it considers that the consequences of not carrying on or of abandoning the activity would be more harmful to the public than the alteration of the wildlife habitat concerned.
The Minister may request that the Minister of the Environment give a mandate to the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement to hold a public hearing.