My question is for the World Wide Fund for Nature.
We note the following in the second box on page 7 of your submission:
With many provinces making commitments and moving ahead, we need to ensure that the efforts of leading provinces are not cancelled out.
Prior to that, you say we need this:
Need clear rules that will work in the real world of the Canadian federation. Discussion [of] equivalency agreements will further undermine the system.
I think it is important to call to mind the discussions that the committee has had on bills C-30 and C-288. We had reached a consensus on the issue of equivalency agreements, provided that they be based on outcomes and not necessarily on regulations.
If equivalency agreements are results based and some provinces were to present their plans to meet the targets set in Bill C-377, would these targets in fact be achievable, realistic and fairer?