Environment Committee on May 30th, 2013

[Lawrence Toet, Conservative, Elmwood—Transcona, MB]

My point is exactly that. It was the outcome.

The outcome that the FSC wanted to see happen wasn't taken up by corporate Canada to actually use those products in their print work. There was virtually zero uptake. I think we were under 1% of uptake, and that went up probably to about 25% to 30% in a very quick period of time, within a year, when some of these regulatory adjustments were made.

It's just an example of the flexibility that you talked about, and the need for flexibility and how that can correlate in some of our legislative work—which sometimes we have to look at and ask if we are really accomplishing the outcome we want—and to be focused on outcomes rather than the process. That was a case where the process was actually killing the outcome.

[The Chair, Conservative, Harold Albrecht]

Thank you, Mr. Toet.

We've come to the end of your time.

Even the clocks in our room don't agree, but we have about three minutes left. I'm going to give Ms. Duncan the last three minutes.

[Kirsty Duncan, Liberal, Etobicoke North, ON]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I hope I have time to ask for this. If not, I may just ask if you could table it.

It's SARA's given purpose to prevent wildlife species from becoming extinct and to secure the necessary actions for their recovery. It provides for the legal protection of wildlife species and the conservation of their biological diversity.

Mr. Burpee, I'll ask that you table with this committee how your proposed changes, which you've made to the minister, will increase the likelihood of these objectives being realized—that would be preventing species from extinction, the necessary actions for their recovery, and the legal protection—how this will increase the legal protection of wildlife species and the conservation of their biological diversity.

With that, I'll say thank you.

[The Chair, Conservative, Harold Albrecht]

That concludes our committee time for today.

I want to thank each of our witnesses for being here and for the work that each of their associations do in terms of protecting our environment and enhancing our habitat conservation efforts.

Thank you to our committee members for your great cooperation today.

The meeting is adjourned.