Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, members. My name is Stephen Hazell. By way of introducing myself, I should say that I'm a lawyer in private practice but I wear a number of hats, one of which is that I act as counsel with Ecojustice, a not-for-profit law firm. Today I'm speak

Environment committee  No.

Environment committee  That is really a central question. My concern with just regulating or establishing a set list of projects, as Mr. Cassidy is suggesting, is that it's problematic because new things come along. If you have a set list, you might not catch some important things. I think there certai

Environment committee  There are two parts to the question. The first part relates to projects that are of federal interest that are not currently being assessed. Elaine Feldman gave an example last week. She talked about these in situ SAGD oil sands projects and how, if they are not having some effect

Environment committee  They always do, though.

Environment committee  That's correct.

Environment committee  That's correct.

Environment committee  That's right.

Environment committee  That's right, over many years.

Environment committee  Yes, I do recall that.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Yes, I think that's right.

Environment committee  That's right.

Environment committee  Yes, that's right.

Environment committee  I think a starting point, actually, are the major projects identified by the Major Projects Management Office. If it's big enough to be of interest to MPMO, then there probably should be a serious environmental assessment done, either a comp study or a panel review. That just g