Thank you to all the witnesses for coming out today. Very comprehensive presentations have been made here.
I'll start with the Canadian Construction Association, and then maybe parallel questions for the Hydropower Association.
Mr. Atkinson, you spoke a bit about a potential list approach as one of the things we should be looking at in this review. So you're aware that right now CEAA utilizes an “all in unless” approach. This means that projects are automatically subject to environmental assessments unless specifically noted otherwise in regulations or legislation. An alternative approach, a list approach, is used in many provinces and other countries, and the list approach involves legislation or regulations listing which projects are subject to environmental assessment.
Based on your comments, could you elaborate on your thoughts about this approach and some of its potential benefits as opposed to current approaches, and could you provide specific examples where this approach could have improved assessments by providing more clarity?
Then I'd like the Hydropower Association to answer this question as well.