Thank you.
I would like to come back to the concept of a useless assessment, which we were discussing earlier.
First, it seems to me that useless assessments don't exist, but that perhaps not all projects require the same level of environmental assessment. In response to my question, you gave me the example of culverts. I don't think we would be doing an environmental assessment to change or build a culvert. However, say, a culvert is built next to a spawning ground or something very local that nevertheless gives rise to a specific environmental concern.
Right now, the legislation removes any obligation to conduct an environmental assessment. Perhaps for a simpler project, once the owner of the structure shows that they took that aspect into account, they could obtain a permit. Do we really want to reduce environmental assessments as much as possible? Could we not set up various permits to be issued, which would include an environmental assessment corresponding to the project?