The Navigation Protection Act, as many of the other acts, had a very evocative name that might have shielded what it was really all about, which was a pattern that we saw in the last government. In many of these issues where we're asked to look at decisions made in the past, the inference is that, well, something needs to be changed. When we hear from the environmentalists, the first thing they say is, look, roll it all back to the way it used to be.
My sense is, though, that like anything there are some things that we should step back and consider and say, “Well, that wasn't a bad idea.” Other things we might want to do a bit differently.
The two areas where I'd like to have some comment from you, Mr. Minister, are about streamlining the process in what you have heard in the consultations that you've had. Clearly, municipalities and people who build infrastructure would appreciate a streamlined process, but has it been too streamlined? Have we actually given up too many opportunities to protect waterways, even if they aren't commercially useable waterways?