Mr. Osbaldeston, do you mind if I just put the question directly to Ms. Scharf?
I say this because we had a sense—I think all of us did, though I'm not speaking for anybody else on the committee—that there had been engagement by Environment Canada, and in fact by the environment departments of the various provinces, in the process of consideration of the merits of the amendments proposed.
The Waterkeeper witness, while she didn't suggest it directly, left the impression that environmental communities—including, of course, the environment departments of the various jurisdictions around the country—had not been invited to the table when assessing whether these amendments were minor, whether they were process-oriented or whether they were in fact dismissive of the substance of the matter.
I want to get your take on whether that perception, left deliberately or unintentionally, was an accurate one.