Pendant cette discussion, le gouvernement a fait valoir que cette somme assez minime—qui devait se monter à 250 000 $ au départ—avait servi à des fins environnementales, ce qui correspondait grosso modo à une évaluation environnementale.
During that debate, an argument was put forth by the government that the limited amount of that $460,000—which was originally slated to be $250,000—was used for environmental purposes that were in the rough scope of an environmental assessment.