Potential stakeholders include the following:

• The public - this includes individual members of the public including property owners, who may be affected by the project; individual citizens who have a general interest in the project; special interest groups which may have been created specifically to address concerns related to the project, or whose interest may be centred on specific issues and concerns; community representatives; and, the general public.
• Review agencies - government agencies who represent the policy positions of their respective departments, ministries, authorities or agencies (see Section A.3.6). These include federal, provincial and municipal agencies whose position may result in regulatory or statutory approval.
• Municipalities other than the proponent.
• First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples – see Section A.3.7.

The foregoing should be contacted at the same points throughout the planning process. The methods of contact may vary and, in some cases, it may be necessary to maintain contact with specific review agencies throughout the project development stage.