It might be said that the government was not listening to the public when it did this, not listening to what had been said during consultations, but that it instead carried out evaluations that could have justified its point of view.
On pourrait dire que lorsque le gouvernement a fait cela, il n'a pas écouté la population, il n'a pas entendu ce qu'on lui a dit lors des consultations, mais il faisait des évaluations qui auraient pu justifier leur point de vue.