The main issue is not to compromise the operations of drinking water systems—and this is to Dr. Hrudey's point—by imposing so many numerical standards to meet that somehow these become overwhelming for operators. I think that's a very good point, but I think the beauty of our federation, if you will, or our constitutional division of powers, in this particular case, is that the federal government can make recommendations and provinces can decide whether to adopt certain standards based on a number of factors. There's flexibility built into our system that should prevent this bill from having unintended consequences.
On March 28th, 2018. See this statement in context.