Again, I think the collaboration is very important.
I will say that when we looked at the recovery strategies and action plans that have been completed, even though we are critical that there are far too few of them, they are extremely well done. I've looked at those myself. I'm impressed.
We were critical of action plans in many other areas. When you look at an action plan that's done for the recovery of species by those three departments, they're very thorough. You can go to the back and find, very clearly, what projects are going to be done, who's going to lead them, and what it's going to cost. So they are extremely well done.
The consultation does take time. I would be the last person to say that we should rush it and do it poorly. However, I come back to saying that these are species at risk. We estimated that it will take Environment Canada 10 years to deal with that backlog. Many species at risk are undergoing quite significant and steep, rapid declines. The beluga population in the last 10 years has declined by 10% to 20%. I think the urgency of the matter suggests that the department needs to accelerate its efforts.