As we mentioned in our comments, the challenge is just as you mentioned to Mr. Beaudin. The opportunity to comment doesn't occur before something happens, but after the fact. I would go further and say that sometimes it doesn't happen at all. An important part of what consultation would look like would be early notification of and access to information about what's being proposed with respect to a particular waterway, and again, even prior to that, as I mentioned, it would be ensuring that all waterways are subject to the act.
As you said, it's not about dealing with the matter on a project-by-project basis. There's the important aspect of ensuring that there's a broader focus. The CEAA process is considering that concept, as I mentioned, and I think it would make sense to be consistent in this process and to look at both the specific and the broader pictures.