Thank you, Madam Chair. My thanks to the witnesses for joining us this morning.
As you know, and as the testimony shows, the federal approval process for the projects proposed and scheduled in the legislative measures for protecting navigation no longer automatically lead to a federal environmental assessment. That has been the case since the act went into effect in 2012, if I am not mistaken.
Clearly, the mandate the minister received is to restore lost protections and incorporate modern safeguards. In your view, what would modern protection safeguards be? I would like to hear what all three of you have to say.