Steven answered a significant part of Dr. Martin's question, but Dr. Martin also properly raised the understandable concern that people have expressed in the consultations this summer and to members of Parliament and senators in conversations about legislation. Their concern is that speeding up the review processes and getting to decisions faster somehow has a direct line to lowering of standards.
It's important, Dr. Martin, in answer to your question, to make it clear that Bill C-39 in no way proposes a change to standards; it is only to processes. The scope of environmental assessments remains the same and will continue to consider the broad set of factors, including, for example, environmental health effects and social effects, which are things you've written about and worked on for a long time, as well as indigenous and traditional knowledge.
These measures have been designed to eliminate unnecessary duplication, the idea that you do these reviews sequentially instead of doing them concurrently. With provinces, territories and other partners, there are a lot of ways that we can ensure the same rigour in review in a more coherent and expedited way. It's important to remove any confusion around that.