For strategic assessments—and that obviously forms some of the context—the agency will be working to provide guidance on strategy and regional assessments. That will be consulted on. The bill provides for a high-level advisory committee, which will also provide guidance that then can form the basis for those exercises, as I noted. The advisory committee will work with provinces and territories through the open science platform to put the information out, to define areas of high ecosystem value and interest to look at, and to provide these results transparently through an open process the public can engage in and that can be commented on in draft and final form.
On March 22nd, 2018. See this statement in context.