Mr. Bossio, the summary that you gave of the levels of emissions that we're seeing, which we had set out in our material, I think constitutes an indictment of the risk-based approach. If the risk-based approach were effective, we wouldn't be seeing the kinds of increases in toxic substances that we saw in the six-year period since the CMP came into effect. There are two tables at the end of our speaking notes that talk about the data for carcinogens; reproductive toxicants and developmental contaminants; and persistent, bioaccummulative and toxic chemicals both on-site releases and off-site releases. But the CEC also allows you to evaluate data even more finely than that.
There's a further table that we didn't have enough time to complete but that we wanted to present to the committee. It's similar in format to the tables we did provide. That table is with respect to on-site and off-site releases of substances that are designated CEPA-toxic and are listed in schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The levels of releases and the percentage increases from 2006 to 2012 are comparable to what you're looking at on the tables we did provide. So, even in respect of the substances that have gone through the risk assessment process, have been deemed to be CEPA-toxic, and have been placed in schedule 1, we continue to see major increases in levels of omissions from year to year. In my view, the only way the risk-based assessment process can survive this kind of challenge is to reduce those levels to zero. If it can't do it, it's time to get rid of the risk-based approach.