Mr. Chairman, through you to Mr. Comartin, I am very hopeful, frankly, that the government officials here, working over the next 18 months, will put in place a system that we think will work; that will have a clear driver, somebody who will make the greening of government operations happen; that will have clear expectations, realistic right enough but also clear, both for the government overall and for individual government departments to contribute to; that will have an accounting back, with an accountability process put in place to report back on whether or not the government overall and individual departments are meeting their objectives and expectations; and that will have some reasonable reporting to members of Parliament, and through Parliament to Canadians, on how progress is being made on the greening of government operations.
On May 1st, 2008. See this statement in context.