I think it's fair to say and valid to note that the previous government brought forward a proposal to amend the legislation. The department was comfortable with that proposal.
That's not to say there's no risk associated with changing the legislation. I think we know, as a couple of the witnesses have testified, that the specific regime established in CEPA for identifying, assessing, and managing substances has been subjected to review by the Supreme Court of Canada. That regime, as a whole, has been upheld as being constitutional. If we tamper with that regime, we're exposing ourselves to some risk, I guess.
It's our view that the risk associated with changing that particular term is not significant, but it's very hard to be precise about exactly what the outcome of this would be, given that we have tested this regime and haven't tested individual elements of the regime in the courts to date.