Finance committee  Yes, that's what I'm saying. She's proposing to remove them but this is so that regulations can outline how you have to maintain your documents and the BC Oil and Gas Commission regs already have stuff about maintaining documents.

Finance committee  Well, right now it wouldn't be subject to a special oversight regime, so this is additional. With these provisions we'll be able to adopt that regime.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  It will enable B.C. to use their oversight mechanism....

Finance committee  To answer, Mr. Chair, this part—her amendment to remove (k) through (n)—is not connected to the acquiring of federal port lands. This is the enabling powers to make regulations, similar to an act that's already in Parliament, the First Nations industrial commercialization act.

Finance committee  I think this actually provides greater protection and without them there would be nothing governing the proponents.