All right.
We're looking here at the whole definition: “the principles to be considered in the administration of this Act, such as principles of environmental justice—including the avoidance of adverse effects that disproportionately affect vulnerable populations—the principle of non-regression and the principle of intergenerational equity”. I know we attempt to define these terms, but in effect we only define half of these terms because “intergenerational equity” also means all the benefits that we're adding to generations who come after us.
I'm quite concerned that unless the definition has been expanded, and I'll seek the officials input on that, the intergenerational equity is.... It's not a regression. We're not moving backwards, I get it, but intergenerational equity, in the way it has been defined here, is looking at one side of the equation only: the harm we're potentially doing to the next generation or a generation after that. At the same time, we also need to consider the benefit we're giving to every generation that follows. I would like to either see the definition expanded or this term removed.