Again, that's a very good question.
On day one, if the legislation is approved by Parliament, there will be a greater level of confidence and certainty for those communities, indigenous organizations, businesses and provincial, territorial and municipal governments that may want to bring a project before the Government of Canada for approval.
One of the drags on building in an ambitious, significant way in the country has been the accumulation of snow in front of the plow, so to speak, as successive governments have navigated the cumulative effects of federal regulations and federal reviews. What we want to do is have the same rigour, the same standards of review and oversight, but in a much more reliable and much more predictable timeline. It's good for investors, sure, but it also encourages people to bring forward projects big and small in their communities all across the country.
Ms. Harrison, you represent a region of the country, not one of Canada's biggest cities. There are important projects in regions and small communities across the country that are very important to those communities, projects that deserve this same level of efficiency and rigour in terms of getting a decision. It's not only the big projects that we're thinking of.
