I'll start and I'll lean on my colleague as well to join in this one.
The provision in the act related to harmonizing damage prevention regimes is really a preventative aspect of the regulatory framework that provides the legal frame for landowners and people who might be doing things around where pipelines exist and how they might operate. Those people range from a municipal works department that might have to do some road work around a pipeline to a farmer or a landowner who might have a pipeline right-of-way in part of their property area. In some instances the most effective way of developing pipelines is to have a right-of-way containing multiple pipelines, some of which might be federal and some of which might be provincial. Certainly for owners of the pipelines as well as owners of the land, each jurisdiction has its own rules as to what is acceptable and what's permissible to avoid creating and having damages. Some of those have to do with things that are as simple as the depth of the soil. There was a question earlier about what activities can occur at what depth to ensure they don't occur at the same level at which a pipeline might be found. Some have to do with the area in which an activity might take place, so the person who wants to do the activity has to notify the pipeline company so the pipeline company can verify which activities can occur in which zone. These are referred to as safety zones.
All of these elements are included in the damage prevention regulatory framework. Our proposal in the law is to work more closely with the provinces to harmonize the degree to which these damage prevention activities are similar and compatible such that there is less opportunity for confusion or less opportunity for difference between the regimes federally and provincially. Federally, we work to ensure that things are as safe as possible and work together, but the reality of having many different provincial jurisdictions is that the jurisdictions are different. We want to be able to work at the level of the board and at the level of the regulatory framework to ensure that the standards are as compatible as possible and that we can provide as much clarity as possible to ensure that the damage prevention regime is consistent with the purposes of the act and at the same time doesn't create any potential risks.