When environmentally harmful activities are less competitive, and other beneficial activities, more competitive, the market is functioning as it should. That is why I have also asked for a close look at the facts with regard to environmental administrative burden, duplication, overlap and harmonization. Of course, we can do better. As a Liberal, I am committed to the life-view that we can always do better. That is why knowledge can be only one pillar of environmental innovation.
Partnership is of equal importance.
With a huge geography, a small population, increasingly complex environmental problems and the stakes involved, Canadians need to work on a shared agenda. There is no doubt that James Watts' steam engine of 1785 ushered in the Industrial Revolution. There is also no doubt that Watts' genius required the entrepreneurial partnership of Matthew Boulton to transform brilliant creativity into economic reality. I am convinced that seeking partnerships works. All those initiatives have come about with support from industry, environmentalists and health organizations.