Thank you. I would start by saying there are existing inclusion lists, exclusion lists, and law lists. Our recommendation would be to work with the existing lists to better define which projects require assessment. I agree with Jamie in saying that the exclusion list regulations are not sufficiently developed.
In our case, because of the lawless trigger regarding licences, anything we do requires a licence to be issued or amended, so we virtually always trigger the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act—even that replacement of a weir on a small stream at the Chalk River site.
So we would recommend that the exclusion list regulations be further developed to exclude minor works and activities, and also works and activities that were previously assessed. So our licences initially trigger an EA, but even once issued, if it's amended or renewed we continue to trigger EAs on the same sites for similar activities.