That's a really good question.
The Canada Green Building Council is in the business of setting higher thresholds and driving this forward. I'll go back to when the council started 15 years ago and what happened then.
There are three areas. One is that you're in charge of the code, but we have to keep in mind that the code is back-loaded. You first have to develop it. Then it comes in, and it takes years before it takes effect in the marketplace.
Your question is really on how we can move faster and be more ambitious. These volunteer systems have a big role to play. I would like to re-emphasize that the federal, provincial, and municipal governments have tremendous procurement power. In the early days of LEED, it was the federal government and some of the cities that de-risked the approach for the private sector. Even though you need to be responsible with taxpayers' money—I'm a taxpayer too, so absolutely—there's no doubt, and the business cases are so many now, that there is a positive return on your investment if you build to high performance. It's energy savings, water savings, and it differs by building and by owner. If government is procuring buildings, if you build yourself or you renovate or you lease space, it's hugely important.
The other part is just the fact of policy. When this government came into power, just due to the fact that there were policies about carbon, there was a 180-degree change in the industry. That was just from knowing that government was going in this direction and the industry needed to respond to that.
That goes beyond the code. It is more aspirational, because it's not an easy path. It's the combination of procurement, policy, and code, and they need to work in tandem. You need to attack this problem from many different areas.
But the business case is clear that there is a return on investment in this area.