We explained that at our last appearance. That's why we were suggesting that one way to get out of this discussion is to rename the act and not talk about navigable waters. But if we're only going to look at this actual act and if we're only looking at amending this act, the idea would be to define navigable water. Today it includes everything as defined in the act and by jurisprudence. So over the years the courts have made a number of decisions, and as David explained last time, it came out to virtually, if you have four inches of water or if you can float a canoe or a kayak on a piece of water of whatever length, this room for instance, it's navigable water according to the act. If you could come out with a recommendation to define it, to restrict it, in order to exclude waters like.... David also explained that if you want to navigate on the water you're going to have to portage every five minutes; you won't be able to navigate anywhere unless you spend your time on portage. Why not exclude this whole secondary piece of water?
On February 28th, 2008. See this statement in context.