That sounded like a bureaucratic answer, but okay.
I have another question, and it's just one to clarify. I'm looking at the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency's deck. They say, “Often, the Navigable Waters Protection Act applies to a project component associated with a larger development proposal.” That seems to fly in the face of what we heard: that most of the applications in fact are for small works, and that, therefore, is why we need to exclude them.
Can somebody square the circle for me? It sounds like a contradiction.