Thank you, Madam Chair.
I think we would have to be deaf to not hear that you want to see all waterways once more covered by the act by default. I also think I hear your very clear view that the environmental assessment process should be triggered automatically in the event of an infrastructure project on a waterway. However, it seems that you are open to the idea of the environmental assessment process being linked to the scale of the infrastructure. That is to say that the process would not have to be identical for projects of all kinds. In terms of major projects, we could specifically be talking about pipeline projects that are required to cross a very large number of waterways all over the country.
In your opinion, who should be in charge of the environmental assessments for those major projects? Do you believe that the responsibility should lie with the Department of Transport or do you agree with the National Energy Board having it?
I invite you each to answer in turn. We can go in the same order as this morning and begin with Ms. Hoyt.