Thank you, Chair, and my thanks to our hard-working civil servants. I appreciate that this is a challenging session.
I wanted to give Mr. Labonté the opportunity to respond to the last question that Ms. May asked. I thought, with respect, Ms. May, that it was an unfair criticism. I do think there is value in having offshore petroleum boards, or the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, or any other such regulatory body involved in these assessments.
My critique of the bill as proposed is that it potentially overweights their participation, and I think it should be dialed back a little. I don't think they should be in a chair position, and I think we should be certain that there's no majority membership on a panel.
I'd like to give Mr. Labonté the opportunity to address the question of what a regulatory body such as an offshore petroleum board, or the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, actually brings to an environmental assessment panel process.