When I first saw reporting on the comments, I wanted to look into where it had come from. Subsequently, Minister Guilbeault provided clarification and indicated that he was referring to a specific project.
It's important to me—not just as the minister but also as a member of Parliament for a rural community—that we can demonstrate, including in my own community, that when people have concerns about whether we build roads, that we do build roads.
There hasn't been a policy shift. I expect it was a misunderstanding that was playing out in public. It was subsequently clarified, but it required us to demonstrate publicly that in fact there hasn't been a policy change.
I can reassure you that we have maintained support for road building and that there hasn't been a policy change.