The critical decision that triggers action under the act is listing. The Governor in Council has discretion as to whether to list a species. Once a species is listed certain steps have to be taken. For the level of effort that we provide to each step, of course there is broad discretion, and that's what Mr. Wong was describing. A species was listed, we took the necessary steps, but the action that we took in the step we think was commensurate with the level of risk and the importance of the issue. But the fundamental discretion there has to do with listing the species or not.
On March 1st, 2011. See this statement in context.