Yes, the major projects management office, which has been set up and which has additional funding provided here in the supplementary estimates, is really a reflection of the increased activity we have on the west coast with energy projects and the important role that first nations communities play in the development of those projects. The focal point for the activity of the office, as the minister indicated, is to promote engagement and dialogue with aboriginal communities. The other way we are going to do that is in partnership with the B.C. government. So there will actually be a tripartite forum of federal government, provincial government, and first nations to try to talk through some of the implications of these project developments going forward.
One specific thing I would point to, in addition to this general dialogue, is that there is an effort to try to uncover better the cumulative impacts of studies. That's something my colleagues over at Environment Canada are looking at in this context, again together with aboriginal communities and the province: how we sort through the questions of not just looking at projects on a project-by-project basis but at the cumulative impacts of a number of projects. That's an area that, in the environmental assessment regime, countries worldwide are grappling with: how to do this well. We in Canada are also trying to figure out better ways to do it. Part of the MPMO—West activity will be to engage with first nations and the province to try to do this.
In general, I would say that the objective is to try to have a better dialogue with first nations and with the province about these projects and to engage earlier, more often, and better and build trust and dialogue together as the projects go forward. That's the thrust of what we're trying to do with MPMO—West.