Sure. Let me tackle the second question first. I've made this point, as has our CCPA president, Richard Paton, to this committee before. I think it's really unfortunate that improving capital cost allowance isn't being looked at from an environmental dimension. We've talked here before the committee, and I think Jay Myers from Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters made the same point, that it's pretty well demonstrated that if you get more new investment, you're going to have, with those newer plants, better environmental performance. One of the things governments can do to attract more of that new investment to Canada would be to improve the capital cost allowance provisions.
That's the type of example that would fit into your second question on the type of economic instruments that the government should be using. We think that should have been part of, for example, the notice of intent and the package of measures around greenhouse gases—I think it also applies to air pollutants—but it's not.
The first question means to differentiate between poor and bad performers. I allude to that a bit in a couple of paragraphs before my conclusion. I think there are tools in CEPA that could do that. Pollution prevention planning tools could be used for that, but the problem is that they're not being used. I think that's a question of political will and I think that's also what the Smart Regulation report said.
I don't know what the act can do to encourage that political will. One of the things that we're suggesting this committee do is to suggest that there be preambular text to ensure that governments at least consider that type of approach when they look at instruments they're going to use. I think that would be helpful. Now it wouldn't be determinative.
I haven't answered your specific question about indicators. They might fit into that, but I think the idea that I've put forward about pollution prevention planning would be an easier way to approach this within the existing framework of the legislation and the kinds of tools that we already have, but aren't using enough.