That is what achieves results. That is what works. The provinces and industry are critical in undertaking the work ahead and in achieving the best possible results. There is no doubt about that. There is also no doubt about your responsibilities as municipal leaders and your power to make things happen.
Local communities have the power to make an enormous difference for the better.
We have clear examples that prove the point. And other municipalities represented in this room are making a valuable difference through the incorporation of wildlife corridors, through the protection and expansion of green spaces, and through a major cutback in the use of pesticides. I would like to work vigorously with you at the grassroots level to achieve environmental results. The federal government, acting in concert with provincial and municipal leaders, refused to accept an unending deterioration of the Great Lakes. Local communities reduced phosphorus wastes and engaged in clean up of designated hot spots.