I agree with what Lisa said there, but also, we've had an awful lot of talk and very little action. Approvals are one thing, but until we see some very tangible signs....
There are a number of problems with Bill C-5, but one of the main ones is subjectivity. How can an investor say, “Well, if so-and-so likes this project one day, then that's going to be the determinant as to whether or not it actually gets done”?
I would say, unfortunately, Canada now has a long-term record, over the last decade, of not getting things done and being a country that can't get things done. The question arose earlier about how Canada can become an energy superpower. Other countries have done it. They've done it with private sector investment. There's nothing wrong with us that we can't do it, except for roadblocks that the government puts in the way.
It reinforces that action is needed. Why do we need a Major Projects Office? It's another level of bureaucracy to do stuff that we did just fine before without these new levels of bureaucracy. Why couldn't we do it that way? We seem to have done it for years, but not anymore.
