Mr. John Smith (Director, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Policy Development, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency) at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for the opportunity to be present. I am the director of legislative and regulatory affairs at the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. I am joined by Steve Burgess, acting vice-president, program delivery. Mr. Yves Leboeuf, who is the vice-president, policy development, was originally scheduled to be here today but is unfortunately sick, so he couldn't be here.

We'd like to provide a brief overview of environmental assessment and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act before concluding with some remarks on how it links to the Navigable Waters Protection Act and the proposed changes to the act. I'll be following a short deck, which I understand has been distributed.