Disappointing, because one would expect that these documents be strategic documents explaining the direction they will take, detailing how they will ensure that sustainable development becomes a reality. This is a long-term objective, but we are seeing rather weak commitments on the part of departments, commitments that are not aligned with their corporate plans. Sustainable development plans must be well aligned with what the departments are attempting to deliver, but unfortunately, this is not what we are seeing. Obviously, we are carrying out a detailed audit of a certain number of strategies in order to determine if upper management within these departments is really properly involved in the development of the strategy. We want to see proof of this. At the Earth Summit, commitments were made by Canada and other countries. One would have expected a Canadian action plan, but there is none.
On March 1st, 2007. See this statement in context.