I think the amendment is decent. I don't know a lot about provincial politics in Alberta. I will be very clear on that. I certainly don't know anything about this tailings pond. It's far out of my jurisdiction.
At the same time, for us as federal members of Parliament, the last thing we want to do is to be too heavy-handed with provinces by instructing them what to do with their time and with their industries. I think that's pretty heavy-handed.
I was thinking of Mr. Desjarlais' comments earlier. He wasn't wrong about the duty to consult with first nations. I went through that a lot in New Brunswick. It gets dicey when provincial governments and provincial bodies are consulting with the first nations chiefs of the communities. Sometimes you could get agreement within the first nations communities, but then there might be a grassroots element from within the community that didn't align with the council and chief of the actual community. Then you would have different factions, and that would really complicate matters for provincial bodies. I did see how sometimes opportunities were lost because of the differences of opinion among the greater indigenous community.
At the same time, I think the amendment is decent. It removes a lot of the aspects that I think were heavy-handed. I think it's okay at this point.