I think strengthening current environmental laws is fundamentally important to the success of any conservation plan, which one would naturally wish to have. Another element is the degree to which new legislation might be considered. Australia in 1999 established the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. It's an extremely sophisticated piece of legislation that identifies national objectives that must be met. It has a legislative platform upon which a national conservation plan could be based. Norway in 2009 passed a Nature Diversity Act providing for the management of biological, geological, and landscape diversity. I think there's a place in Canada for national legislation that articulates the vision of Canadians through the establishment of something like a national conservation plan.
On May 29th, 2012. See this statement in context.