As an auditor, I would say that what matters to me are the results. The government will get us there by having clear targets. You need targets to be able to report progress, so we need targets. If we can have clear targets, we can have a good system to report on progress. As far as I'm concerned, they can call it what they want; what we are looking for is greenhouse gas reduction, and that is really what matters.
A couple of years ago the government made a commitment to manage for results, so we should have in place within the federal government such systems that allow the government to report on results on performance and progress. Should we go with a clean air act? Should we go with CEPA? Should we go with something else? It's up to you to ask the questions about the rationale to go with this or that and figure out if it makes sense, but as an auditor, what I will always look for are clear targets and results.