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Turning back to energy, I would say there are things the federal government can do. I must admit, the government has announced some good things recently. It wants to review and fast-track the impact assessment process. We're very eager to see what that legislation looks like.
We want to see the government walk the talk. What we've heard so far sounds great. Whether it's clean energy technology, a mine or a pipeline, accelerating a project's development comes down to the same thing. They all have to go through the same assessment process. The federal Impact Assessment Act applies to offshore wind development projects in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, mining projects in Ontario and interprovincial pipeline projects.
Something the government can do is review the criteria. One of the problems we've seen with the Impact Assessment Act is that it tries to do too much all at once. When you try to do everything well, you end up getting everything wrong, unfortunately.
That's more or less what we've seen with the tool. The time frames also need to be shortened. The recently proposed 12-month timeline is a big step in the right direction.
Ideally, the government would also get rid of the arbitrary elements in the act. One of our problems with the Impact Assessment Act is that the minister can intervene and put the process on hold at any time, resulting in a much longer process than initially set out in the act.