The provisions in this bill that render substitution or harmonization possible aren't completely new. Historically and to this day, there have been parallel processes going on. Of course, we've asked for that to be simplified and to have one process throughout this and previous reviews to the legislation. Similar requests have been made by the Kativik Environmental Advisory Committee that I spoke about.
I understand that the provisions that are in the act now leave the door open for that to happen. The case of northern land claims is different because they are established, because they have processes that are working and are going to be happening. Whether or not the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement regime will be applied to a project isn't a question. It will be, and the same is true for any development in the offshore area through the NILCA processes.
The question is, do we need another layer on top of that? Personally, I think no. Nunavik hasn't been a region where there have been a lot of major development projects that have been assessed. The last one was in 2012. It was a mining project that was assessed, and at that time the federal agency, the CEAA, applied to the region, so we had three ongoing review processes for the same project. One of them was led by folks who were completely unfamiliar with the region and depended on the communities for logistics. In fact, they depended on the communities for everything, essentially, and it was a bit of a frustrating experience for everyone involved.