I had the opportunity to do work in the oil sands a number of years ago, where I observed the ridiculous situation of a project proponent who was using a lake for a tailings pond actually having to dig another lake right next door to that one. You can't make this stuff up. They called it “Compensation Lake”. The whole thing was completely absurd, given that southern Alberta, for example, is starved for fishing opportunities. Were the proponent allowed to spend those millions in southern Alberta, for example, and create fishing opportunities for citizens where they really wanted them, it would be a better situation. I really appreciate your answer.
Ms. Lindsay, you talked about codes of practice. My assumption is—Mr. Bloomer, if we have time, you could weigh in as well—that when industry develops a project or a program, the best codes of practice are built in from day one. Nobody goes in and designs with substandard environmental practices. These projects are environmentally sound from day one, even before they go before any regulatory authority.
Would you say that's a fair statement, Ms. Lindsay?