Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Very briefly, like you, I've been an environmental lawyer for 20 years. I've worked at 50, 60, or 70 hearings. I've also done criminal, parole, and prison law, and immigration law. There's always work that goes with getting approvals.
Mr. MacLaren could probably phone me up and I could help him with a few pictures and a call to Transport Canada. We could probably resolve his problem, along with the other thousands. You don't need to overthrow the right in Canada that government--not the politicians but government--go to the public to get their consent when navigable rights get taken away or when they're infringed upon. That's what the Navigable Waters Protection Act currently gives Canadians.
Mr. Osbaldeston may be correct in that he will still consider all the changes, but his consideration and that of the Government of Canada is much different from that where you have to go to the public in order to get that consent. That's the difference in the bill: it turns a right into a discretionary decision.