Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The government is suspending environmental laws, but it's still going to take care of the environment as well. I have my doubts, Ministers. This is a brief comment related to your discussion with Mr. Gourde.
Personally, I'm concerned when I see the Conservative Party supporting the Liberal Party on a bill that rolls back workers' rights, suspends environmental laws and circumvents real consultation with first nations. That really worries me. To me, this is a hyper-conservative bill. I don't even think Stephen Harper or the Conservative government would have ever managed to go as far as what you're doing right now.
I'm going to ask you two questions back to back. The first is a technical question.
Could a region designated as being of national interest represent an entire province?
My second question is related to what Mr. LeBlanc just said to Dr. Martin.
You say that speeding up the process has no impact on the outcome, except that Bill C‑39 pre-approves projects before environmental assessments are even carried out. Do you intend to go back to rigorous assessments where the outcome is not predetermined?