Thank you, Mr. Chair.
One of the allegations that has repeatedly come forth from witnesses is that the current system, as the applications go through, is actually delaying or limiting projects because of time management, and so forth. I'd like the departments to respond as to whether they feel that their processes right now are actually hindering projects, and maybe which ones won't get done this summer. We're going to have a report issued, but nothing is going to change. So I'd like your opinion on that.
There have been repeated allegations, time and time again, not only in presentations here but also in letters coming in, that the bureaucracy is holding up the process right now. So maybe we could have a response to that as to whether you feel that collectively or individually—I'd like to hear from each department—you are to blame for holding up the actual files, and if files are going to be held up this summer, what would those be, as examples.