This recommendation came to committee through West Coast Environmental Law, among others. As the bill currently reads, both the minister's determination and the Governor in Council's subsequent determination that a project should proceed and that there are factors in the public interest.... The current language says that the determination of both the minister and the Governor in Council “must include a consideration of the following factors”.
To clarify that the minister and cabinet are required to determine whether the project is in the public interest and what their consideration is of factors, it's not merely that they must include a consideration, but that the determination—and this is the effect of my amendment—“must be based on the following factors”, or not really based on, but must include a consideration.