I think that in order to gain social acceptability, there is more than just access to justice. You're going to have to be making decisions as a government that show respect for people's right to breathe clean air, to have access to safe drinking water, and all of those other substantive elements of the right to a healthy environment. Then you also have to respect their rights to information and participation. Through public participation we get better decisions, and not only better decisions, but decisions that can be accepted as long as they're consistent with those other principles.
The issue of social licence is a thorny one, and I think as we move forward in the 21st century with greater scientific clarity about the challenges we face, decisions will be evaluated not just on whether the process was fair, but whether the substantive outcome advances us towards a sustainable future. In my opinion, that's the real challenge. We need to make decisions in Canada that make us a more sustainable country, not a less sustainable country.