Thank you, Mr. Chair. That criteria is incredibly limited, and it's limited to archaeological, cultural, ecological, geological, or historical attributes. It does not govern infrastructure or community assets like quarries. That's the whole point of committee's policy direction on this. I understand, the Minister does not have an answer to this question. He does not have a solution to this problem, and our municipalities, once again, will have to wait until a conflict arises, they hire lawyers and go to the courts and something like a quarry is off-limits and useless to that municipality for years to come.

I think that's a shameful lack of attention to a concern that committee has raised in good faith, and I do not understand why, when there is a conflict between two policy directions, it has to be a flat no instead of finding compromise through other tools like regulation or public policy instruments that are available to this government, available to this Minister, and available to this department. Thank you, Mr. Chair.