Again, that depends on the implementation and whether the department has the resources, and whether they make it sufficiently clear to proponents that they must give notice of works to the public and how that happens. It's also whether the department has the resources to investigate complaints in a timely manner. That's why I put those caveats in there.
I don't know to what level the navigable waters program is resourced today. I know that there are fewer people than there were in 2009 when we were looking at this issue and I appeared before a Senate committee to talk about it. Perhaps because I was a public servant for 32 years, with 20 years at the Treasury Board, maybe I have a little more faith in the intentions of public servants to do the right thing and their ability to do so.
I think it's worth a try, but I think it needs to be monitored. The one improvement that should really be in the bill is that the minister should have a time limit to respond to complaints.