Thank you, Chair, and I thank my colleague for sharing his time.
Minister and Monsieur Bourdon, thank you very much for being a part of today's meeting.
As I try to understand more fully the various amendments that are in place, first I'd like to say that it's important to hear that some members opposite are supporting this. Hopefully when this is done we'll have all members opposite supporting it. This has gone through a process more than once, whereby even with the minority government we got the support of all parties. If we could do it then, I sincerely believe we can do it now. With the good work of all members of the Senate, I would say this has gone very much the right way.
One of the amendments that I've seen, Minister, is on the issue of expanding regulation-making authorities, particularly around the areas of environmental protection. Would you help me understand a little more what that means? Perhaps Mr. Bourdon could expand on why that matters.