In my experience in environmental law, there's long been a tendency to be very empowering and discretionary. When I look, for example, at Nova Scotia's Environment Act, it's largely enabling legislation. I think part of the challenge is, with the early environmental laws, they had to be enabling. My basic point is that we have 25 years of experience, so it's time to direct that discretion better.
On April 26th, 2018. See this statement in context.