Well, it says that they are mandatory for decision-making. Ultimately, the minister or cabinet has to make a decision about a designated project. While those are factors that might be considered, there's no magic formula for how you weight these things. You need to take into account all of these factors when you make a public interest decision, and it will be made in a transparent way with the reasons posted.
This is a new step that did not occur under the previous government. There was no transparency in terms of how decisions were made, and that really eroded public trust. We believe that it is important that you have clear factors and that you also need to explain to Canadians how you made a decision about a particular project.