The minute the government receives a request for construction of any piece of infrastructure, whether it's a bridge or a road, it triggers the environmental assessment process. As part of that process, a lot of consultations are done with the community. The building of these bridges--and the case we're talking about is twinning--involves all of these consultations, plus the definition of a business case that needs to be put forward. At the end of the day, those structures are federal jurisdiction; they are the sovereignty of the Government of Canada. This is where our trade and business are going to be carried out with our neighbours, the Americans. It has to be part of a process.
Whether it's privately owned, publicly owned, or publicly managed, this act is trying to eliminate the differences between them. The governance of each bridge will remain as is. But the government is trying to bring in a policy that will take into consideration all the elements before giving approval to an important crossing that will determine a lot of economic factors.