Thank you.
I completely agree in terms of the psychological aspect. The inventor of the recycle bin is actually from my riding, and a big component of it was the social pressure of putting it next to the garbage can.
Municipalities understand the cost of climate change. But in terms of...and this actually is an interesting question in the sense that, with Mr. McSweeney as well, in the cement industry.... How do you correlate some of the differences in legislation?
For example, in my municipality, when I was a regional councillor we had a water pollution control plant redesigned to disperse sewage in Lake Ontario. When dealing with the province and the Ministry of Environment it actually scored less environmentally friendly to create a better dissolvent, because there was more concrete needed for the facility itself. The quality of the water going into Lake Ontario would have been better, but how the cement was made ranked it at a worse environmental rating.
How do you correlate the two priorities in terms of wanting cleaner water and taking the hit on having more cement in the building itself?
It's an interesting question because you're both sitting next to each other right now, but it was a major frustration. How do we bring that together in terms of having these standards? It builds into my criticisms of LEED as well. A bike rack is scored and ranked the same as geothermal, so what do you think a developer is going to install to get a point?
How do we crack down on some of these legislative issues, and is that something, Mr. McSweeney, that your organization does as well?