Madam Chair, I would perhaps reiterate what the minister said earlier, which is that the questions around which projects should trigger an environmental assessment and for which that is unnecessary are the subject of the expert panel on the environmental assessment review. The current legislation defines designated projects according to the characteristics of the project and if the project has a significant impact on the environment according to the criteria of that legislation, then it is on that designated project list in the regulations.
There's no provision in the Navigation Protection Act for requiring or not requiring an environmental assessment. The focus and the parameters of the NPA are around safety. These are questions that could perhaps be directed to the expert panel in determining whether it has its schedule of environmental assessment projects correct.