Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'll go to Minister MacKinnon.
Minister, Conservatives want our ports, railways, rail yards and roads built to expand our trade beyond the United States. However, to get those investment decisions here in Canada, you are offering only a cabinet directive—a one-year expectation that can change at any time.
In part 1, you have a bill that says that in law, thou must have a one-year timeline, when that clock starts, after the Groundhog Day clause, but in this, you don't have the same statutory requirements of part 2, which is totally inconsistent. Why not give transportation approvals under part 2 the same statutory certainty? Why are you making it so transportation isn't a priority?