When I look at proposed subsection 29(1)—and thank you for bringing it up—it's under a heading of “Public Interest”, but it is pretty broad, and nowhere in the bill can I find a definition of “public interest”. I read it to mean that if you can't get consent in a timely way, you can still do whatever you need to do if it's in the public interest. That's the way I'm reading it.
I wonder if you could expand a little more on your thoughts on proposed subsection 29(1).