The decline that we've had in the reputation, in my opinion, is because we're not showing leadership. We're not at the front of developing new products, new systems, new methodologies. That is really an issue of where you put your priorities. The opportunity is still there. There are a lot of things that can be done to improve buildings. What I'm seeing literally around the world is that everybody's starting to take a look at buildings, and they're realizing that it's where the major energy savings are going to be done. What the federal government needs to do is to get that message out that we want to be leaders. That's going to affect organizations like the National Research Council, NRCan, and so on, so that we have the will to do something different and something better. We have a fantastic opportunity still ahead of us. I'm just not seeing that we're even considering going down the path.
On April 16th, 2013. See this statement in context.