Transport committee  Right now the legislation doesn't look at any pipelines. One of our asks is that it also look at pipelines again. Absolutely. I think we'd want to know the risks. Whether it's a spill or a mining project, it's important to look at how some sort of discharge or water pollution wo

Transport committee  Sorry, could you repeat the question?

Transport committee  If I'm understanding the question correctly, I would say that protecting the public's right to navigation is oftentimes protecting the environment. Oftentimes we see projects.... I'll refer back to the report that we recently released. We saw a very intimate link between protecti

Transport committee  I would have to ask members of the committee to rethink the way this is being framed. I know there was a lot of talk about red tape, and I recognize that there are infrastructure projects that need to go forward, but I'd ask you to think about what we're trying to protect here, a

Transport committee  I would definitely say that Transport Canada has the responsibility, and I would also say a lot of expertise is needed to conduct this type of assessment. It's no secret that there are a lot of concerns about the National Energy Board and its being possibly co-opted by the energy

Transport committee  I don't have that information on hand, though I can certainly get it to you quite quickly.

Transport committee  If it comes to navigable waters, I would say it should be Transport Canada. I think there needs to be better coordination among the federal departments in that there is obviously overlap in some of the projects. There is an obvious link between navigation and fisheries, and we've

Transport committee  Thank you, Monsieur Aubin. Right now I think it's important to revert back to the old act. We need to restore protections, because a lot of projects are going forward and being approved without assessment of navigable waterways, but we recognize that there is definitely room fo

Transport committee  Sure. Thank you. It's hard to assess how a project impacts navigation when a lot of the lakes and rivers aren't being included in the act. As you know, the schedule focuses on a very small number of lakes and rivers. I just don't think that assessment is happening, because so ma

Transport committee  Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Thanks to the standing committee for inviting back the Council of Canadians. I appreciate the opportunity to continue raising the concerns that I started to raise the other day. I guess I'll just flag that we had raised concerns about the lake

Transport committee  Sure. Thank you for that. I don't feel that this was a waste of time. I am very grateful to be invited here. I would love to come back and talk more, though I do raise concerns about being able to talk freely, and not just me but other Canadians, other organizations, first nation

Transport committee  That would be clarity in what the process is, because actually, I'm not even clear myself what the process is with regard to adding a lake or a river. I would just want to know more about that. If it's to contact their members of Parliament, we've had chapter members and supporte

Transport committee  If I could clarify that the process—

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. I heard that being asked in the earlier session before I joined about whether there were any legal challenges, and I was a little bit puzzled by that because legal challenges are costly and so not all community members, citizens, residents or indigenou

Transport committee  Thank you for that question. How many minutes do I have?