In my opinion, this is exactly the question that needs to be asked. Right now, what we're seeing is that the rights of multinationals always take precedence over the rights of nature. Symbolism is all well and good, but I don't think it's prescriptive or severe enough. I was a teacher in my other life, so I need prescriptive standards.
Ms. Delage, you talked about the Canada Water Agency, and Mr. Caleb Behn also talked about it. Mr. Behn said, for example, that the Canada Water Agency has not clarified the fundamental concepts on which it is based. You are of the opinion that the agency is innovative.
When I hear Mr. Behn's and Mr. Orb's comments, and when I read about topics we'll be discussing with the next witnesses, I realize that there was no upstream political process to define the Canada Water Agency's purposes and guiding principles.
Is it really that innovative?