The past practice before that for all federal departments, and in fairness for our federal partners, was consistent with the state of the law as it had been established by lower courts, in many cases the Federal Court of Appeal; the practice was to establish the scope of the project, and they had discretion to focus on some components only.
La pratique du passé avant cela, pour tous les ministères fédéraux et, en fait, tous nos partenaires fédéraux, était conforme à la jurisprudence établie par les tribunaux inférieurs, dans bien des cas la Cour d'appel fédérale.