Yes, the changes to the Fisheries Act have a large amount of support.
I actually received a number of phone calls from farmers concerned about the complicated process for just getting drain maintenance approved in the past, because of the multi-layers. You'd have the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, sometimes the Ministry of Natural Resources in Ontario or the Ministry of Environment, plus local conservation authorities.
This way, you can get it streamlined down to real quick decision-making.