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

Environment committee  Well, there are a couple of ways of coming at it. You've suggested a couple. One, you could go with the dollar value for the project. Or you could go with a test in terms of some environmental indicator. For example, you could say any projects that would result in greenhouse gas

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Well, I think a small project is a project that isn't a major project, so I think they're two sides of the same coin.

Environment committee  Roughly 99% of projects are these small projects. A number of them are triggered through law list provisions. I've mentioned one: if you want to study birds in a migratory bird sanctuary, you need a permit, and to get the permit, you need an environmental assessment. Well, thous

Environment committee  It's not necessary to have a legally binding process to deal with it. The department should be able, through the departmental sustainable development strategies and other processes, to manage to ensure that when they issue those scientific permits, they're not damaging migratory

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.