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Jacques Paynter, P.Eng., MCIP
Study Facilitator
Mr. Paynter has 33 years experience as a professional land-use planner, professional engineer, and management consultant. He is a seasoned project manager with practical experience directing large-scale and long-term, multi-disciplinary studies, ranging up to $23 million in budget value and over $1 billion in project capital value.
- Environmental and socioeconomic impact assessment
- Public consultation and stakeholder facilitation
- Municipal and land-use planning
- Business diagnostics and financial feasibility studies
- Human resource development
His core expertise includes:
Mr. Paynter is fluently bilingual and is nationally regarded for his work as a facilitator on a diverse range of often controversial and strategic issues. His client base includes Ministers and senior officials in the federal and provincial governments, corporate executives, municipalities, and International Financial Institutions.
He has conducted environmental and socioeconomic impact assessments and linear corridor studies for power generation facilities, transportation infrastructure projects, and defense establishments. High profile assignments have included participation in the Five-year Review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, public hearings for the Environmental Management Plan for the Confederation Bridge for Straits Crossing Inc., participation in the Spicer Commission, and national consultations for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.
Mr. Paynter is currently the facilitator for the Wage Gap Round Table for the Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, the Chair of the Ministerial Committee responsible for the Review of Aquaculture Exclusion Zones in the Bay of Fundy, the mediator for property valuation disputes related to the Trans Canada Highway, the facilitator for the Petitcodiac River Causeway EIA, the director and financial analyst for several tourism studies, the socioeconomic analyst for the Sakhalin I oil and gas development, and the director for the preparation of the strategic plan for the Office of the Auditor General.
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