I think that it is absolutely necessary to amend a whole range of environmental protection legislation at federal level. But I do not think it is realistic to have to wait for all that to happen.
In the review process for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, we had to wait from 2000 right up to 2003 before the changes were included in Bill C-9. The process leading to the creation of the Species at Risk Act took from 1995 to 2003. In my opinion, the same thing is happening with the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
Canadians see nothing efficient in waiting for each act to be reviewed, nor does that interest them. As Ms. McClenaghan has just mentioned, if it is possible to amend several acts at the same time and to make sure that they are enforced, it will greatly help us, all across Canada.