So when the core of an environmental assessment process is to ensure that is given weight, having an organization that has another core mandate I think would be a very dramatic solution.
I want to comment that I was just at a day-long event with the major construction companies and proponents. British Columbia has a lot of development going on, good stuff, and not once did the EA process even come up as a barrier. The biggest barrier that was heard there is the lack of skilled tradespeople and apprenticeships and that there was going to be a huge gap in being able to get enough skilled people to do this work.
I would like to understand how in reviewing CEAA such a dramatic change would address the real problem with these major development projects.