Where was it? I'm sorry; I'm getting lost here.
BQ-12 would have required the minister to ensure that the public is provided with “notice of their assessment and opportunities to participate meaningfully in it.” That had to do with participation in the assessment itself. That was defeated.
However, in government 14.2, this committee created an obligation on the ministers to “consult any interested persons before the expiry of the period for assessing that information” in respect of a vertebrate animal or a list of living organisms.
The main purpose of this new regulatory authority that the government introduced under G-14.3 is to give authority to create that list of living organisms by means of regulation.