Thank you, Madam Chair.
I thank the witnesses for being here with us this morning.
I'd like to extend special thanks to Ms. Lui, who for the second time has gotten up in the wee small hours to take part in our committee's work. We appreciate it very much. I also want to thank my colleagues, who agreed to this additional meeting so that we may hear all of your testimony.
This act, according to what you tell us, does not appear to be reaching its objectives. In my questions, I'd like to go from the general to the specific. First I'd like to talk about how the situation could be corrected, particularly as regards environmental assessment.
In your opinion, since you are familiar with the previous act, the Navigable Waters Protection Act, would it be preferable to start with that act, or go back to the previous act to amend the current one?