That's a very good question, and it has generated some considerable attention. Thank you for raising it, Ms. Harrison.
Before a region could be listed under the Building Canada Act, a regional assessment would first need to be completed under the Impact Assessment Act, which is the current authority in these areas, or under an applicable territorial law. As you can imagine, in the territories, where there are some modern treaties, the process is a bit different.
That assessment would examine a region's environmental, economic, social and health circumstances. Obviously, indigenous rights would be a clear and important part of all of that work.
That assessment would also look at the cumulative effects from current or future activities. I think this is important. For projects big and small, many communities and groups talk to us about the need to consider cumulative effects and not salami-slice an individual approval about project X or project Y without looking at it in a broader and more holistic way.
Once that work is completed, the minister responsible for the Building Canada Act may recommend that a particular region be listed. A decision to designate a region would be informed by factors listed in the Building Canada Act. They include, for example, whether a region could strengthen the autonomy or resilience or security of Canada, provide economic or other benefits to our country or have a high likelihood of successful execution. These are all evaluations and criteria that Parliament is very familiar with, of course, because of the work that was done so well last June when Bill C-5 was approved.