Again, just to perhaps provide a bit of clarity, I think Dr. Boyd was referring in his initial comments to environmental assessment legislation where clearly when there is no compliance, there are penalties and redress through the courts. If we're talking about strategic environmental assessments and the application of the cabinet directive in terms of strict sanctions or penalties, I think it's very hard to judge, given the fluidity of the policy process.
In terms of the work that the Privy Council Office, Finance, and Treasury Board do with individual departments, there's a lot of oral exchange back and forth in terms of policy proposals, where it may be identified early on through the preliminary scan that an SEA is required or that the environmental impacts or the sustainability impacts wouldn't warrant it, and it's dealt with in a verbal exchange. There's a comparable example I like to use in terms of gender-based analysis, where that back and forth takes place during the policy development process.
If a strategic environmental assessment is deemed to be required, then our expectation, through our work with the department, is that they will fulfill that and provide that advice to ministers through the policy process.