Environment committee  I think this is a good question. We had a joint agreement with the federal agency and there are some concerns on some issues. The first one is that although there is a joint agreement, in reality they are different processes. Every agency has its own process, completely separate from the others.

Environment committee  If it's a joint review process, it could go to three or four years. The joint review is only an agreement on coordination, but they are completely separate processes. From our side, it could end within one year, while the federal one could take three to four years. So there is a delay, because we can approve a project through EIA but still not get it approved by the federal agency.

Environment committee  I think it's purely a process difference. The outcomes are almost identical. There is no difference. Actually, we have side effects because of the delay. A lot of opportunities are missed.

Environment committee  The first one is the decision-making process in the federal agencies. You have 40 federal agencies, and CEAA is the coordinator of those 40 agencies. By the time that federal responsible authority triggers a reason for going to a screening process, it takes 90 days just to decide if they even want to screen the project or define whether it's an EIA or non-EIA.