I just want to say that I am very glad that this particular clause does not give foreign agents the same rights as Canadian residents. So I suppose a foreign agent could be denied standing, if they didn't have a private or special legal interest in the matter.
But I do think from a legal perspective that this creates some very confusing interpretation issues, because the very next clause, which talks about the government's obligation to ensure public participation, does give foreign agents the right to participate.
So we have sort of a conflict between clauses 11 and 12. But maybe we can fix that by deleting the entities section, which refers to foreign agents, from clause 12.