Reiterating what Ken said, we do not see value in recreating a bureaucracy. The Government of Canada is spending billions of dollars through the gas tax, going through municipalities; through the suite of eco-programs delivered through Natural Resources Canada; and with specific initiatives through Environment Canada on waste management, water, and then the work on transportation. We hope to have some means of coordination within the government machinery for delivering those with some insight and assistance from an advisory group composed of this group that has been energized around this agenda, which includes the private sector--builders, developers, as well as the energy companies and civil society--to help set criteria. We do not at all see the need for creating new machinery.
On September 17th, 2009. See this statement in context.