Mr. Speaker, environmental assessment and how we actually look at these types of projects was a significant issue in the 2015 election campaign. Canadians said they had lost confidence in the processes because of the gutting of environmental assessment in 2012 under the Harper government. We said that we would restore public trust.
The critical issues that Canadians talked about were transparency and participation in these kinds of processes.
Could the minister talk a bit about what the bill does to restore confidence and transparency in how Canadians can understand how these processes are working?