Thank you.
Mr. Atkinson, I was very intrigued by a comment that you made, which was something different, something we hadn't really heard throughout the testimony we've had so far. You talked about the environmental assessment aspect of things, and some of the changes in the environmental assessment, and one project, one assessment that's been brought forward.
I just wanted to get some clarification from you on that. Would you support any weakening in environmental protection in that process, or are you very strongly convinced of the fact that the assessment must be equivalent? If you went with a provincial assessment must it be equivalent to a federal assessment or better? Should the protection never be allowed to be dropped, and must it be maintained at a very high level?