Do you mind if I...? You've given me some advice.
I'd encourage you to look in that direction, because at a fundamental level the government can only manage based on good advice. Canadians can only have assurance knowing that government is following at least their own advice.
The example I've given you today about waste water treatment is important to a lot of people. The scale and scope of what's required is also important. Governments like to get out and make announcements about the positive. In the context of what they're not doing, we don't know, because the study isn't being released.
I want to follow through on having this overarching plan, whether it's sustainable development strategies or whatnot. Based upon what you've seen of the government's ability to integrate or inability to integrate.... The climate change file, which has been a great topic for this committee and for this government and previous governments, is a broad-reaching file. It does not rest just with the minister. It simply can't.
What assurance can we offer Canadians that whatever plan is presented, whether it's a good plan or a bad plan, it will be integrated across the required departments, based upon the conclusions that you folks found in this audit about interdepartmental cooperation?