Again, Mr. Chair, I understand that Mr. Albas shares our enthusiasm for the designation, the listing of projects of national interest. Good news is coming again soon, Mr. Albas, in other projects across the country. Mr. MacKinnon and I will have more to say about some of the projects referred to the Major Projects Office.
The Major Projects Office has been able to literally begin construction of projects, with shovels in the ground, without having, in many cases, to conduct an actual listing, as you said, under schedule 1.
What we think has informed this bill now before Parliament, Bill C-39, which is before your legislative committee today, is the sense that it's not only projects designated under Bill C-5 that are put on schedule 1 that should benefit from greater regulatory certainty and expedited treatment. If it's true on one side of the ledger, we think it's also true on the other side as well.