Madam Chair stole a little bit of my thunder already.
The study of CEPA is long overdue. It should have been studied before now, but the opportunity didn't present itself previously. As a committee I think we need to be seized with this to get it done and to fulfill our legislative mandate to do so. To me, that would be priority number one.
As to number two, I would think that the Conservative side would agree with it, because accountability is a very strong principle within the philosophy of conservatism, and accountability is essentially what we're trying to bring here to the various departments, to the various agencies, and to the legislation overall. We're trying to get government to be more accountable and hopefully, through that study, promote not just environmental accountability but also fiscal accountability through the process of trying to find the synergies that can exist on both the fiscal and the environmental side. That's why I want to push forward with this. It's because of the conservation piece, because of the environmental piece, and because of the fiscal piece.
I would like to see those two be the first two priorities, and then absolutely my environmental side and my country-boy side wants very much to have a review done on protected areas, on critical habitat and recovery strategies, because we live it in the rural areas every day.
I really want to see us be able to accomplish those goals.
Thank you.