Thanks, Ms. Block, I appreciate that.
As Ms. Block noted, everybody on the Liberal side of the table is new. We were consuming negative public feedback when the changes to the act were brought in. I am from British Columbia, where there's a very robust environmental sector. There was doom and gloom being spread everywhere about the implications of this. However, when we really looked at taking on a review of the Navigation Protection Act , it was more to fulfill what we saw was a missed obligation to actually go out and consult.
I understand that there was a sense of urgency on the part of the previous government to get economic activity going and to get construction projects under way and completed. You can't disagree with that, but at the same time, we come in. I think I can speak for the whole group. We are not ideologically bent on rolling something back just because somebody else did it. We think, in fact, that, as you've noted, there have been some benefits to these changes. We want to preserve those while at the same time perhaps taking a little extra time to reflect on others' views of what should happen. With that in mind, I have a number of questions.
First, we'll go to you, Mr. Kemmere. Has there been enough time for municipalities to experience the new regime, the new Navigation Protection Act? Have you had a chance to see the difference in how your projects are conducted under the new act?