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Finance committee  Thanks for the question. I'll try to—

February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting

William Amos

Finance committee  I think it does incrementally take away rights of navigation, and I'll explain how.

February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting

William Amos

Finance committee  Simply put, because the processes that will remain, that may, for instance, stop a given project—say a bridge—whether or not they have approved or not approved of that given infrastructure project, will not have considered navigation. So there may be environmental assessment proc

February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting

William Amos

Finance committee  Thank you for you comments which were very much on point. I fully agree with you that we are making decisions about matters that are extremely important to Canada and to the people who use these navigable waters. These talks are occurring at the same time as our budget discussion

February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting

William Amos

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. I certainly would never suggest that any statements are making a liar of anyone here. I think there are reasonable disagreements, however, on the impact and importance of the proposed changes. With respect to the variety of different assessment appro

February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting

William Amos

Finance committee  I'll have to explain. In fact, I will be presenting on behalf of a number of different groups. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, members, for having us here. My name is Will Amos. I'm staff counsel with the University of Ottawa and Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic, so I'm an e

February 23rd, 2009Committee meeting

William Amos