We support the immediate modernization of the act. We feel that, from our mandate, the minor waterways and minor works are particularly important. That's not to say we may not need a full-scale review in five years. The advantage of doing it now is that the Building Canada Fund and the plan will be rolling out. There will be a lot of pressure to move those projects. By having these immediate changes, we'll be able to implement those projects more quickly and successfully. We see this as an immediate benefit. We may want to monitor the impacts, however, and this could feed into a larger legislative review at a later time.
On March 11th, 2008. See this statement in context.