Yes, it should. We should be looking at how these things all fit together.
The limitation of the system is that it works on one project at a time. If you look at the development in the tar sands, we've had several environmental assessments. None of them have actually looked across the fence at what was next door and what the cumulative impact was going to be—and that's just in terms of the direct environmental impacts.
If the country has made a commitment to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, then that should be a factor in determining how one project fits into another project before we go ahead with it. Right now we're looking at each project on its own. When we've raised the issues of greenhouse gases, we've been told, “Well, that's not part of this project. That's the government's commitment. They'll handle that. It doesn't affect this project.”
That's not acceptable. We need an integrated system that asks how this moves us forward in our overall objectives for the economy and the environment.