Dianne gave a highly anticipated Keynote address to the annual meeting of the Auditing Association of Canada in beautiful Kananaskis, Alberta. She reviewed the defining characteristics of a self regulated profession, and the advantages and disadvantages of becoming a profession for environmental auditors. The current system, relying on a vaguely defined subgroup who are members of other groups, like engineers, is not providing effective competence regulation. Nor is it providing appropriate insurance for the specific types of work typically done by environmental auditors. Something needs to change. Would self-regulation help?