The framework is completely voluntary for everyone. Of course, that worries me greatly, because the provincial government is hanging, and so is the federal government hanging, so much on it. Those in-stream flows are only going to be protected if this voluntary arrangement stays in place. I think in the public interest it's better to have something better than voluntary.
The 1977 matter has to do with the Fisheries Act. That's when the section 35 provisions on the harmful alteration, disruption, or destruction of fish habitat were added to the act. The framework states that those provisions will not apply to pre-1977 water licences. That would be Syncrude's licence and one of Suncor's licences. That's when I argued that there is no reason in law for that exemption.