Environment committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. As mentioned, my name is Conrad deBarros. I work with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority as a project manager, coordinating the Toronto and region area of concern remedial action plan. I appreciate the opportunity to attend this

Environment committee  This was just put up to really stress the fact that we are experiencing growth.

Environment committee  It's just growing very quickly, and it's hard to stay ahead of rapid population growth.

Environment committee  I will jump ahead then.

Environment committee  This slide is trying to show you again population growth. If you look at the graph on the left, it shows the growth in Ontario. This shows population growth from 1950 to 2000 around the Great Lakes, with the Great Lakes states, and you can see Ontario identified by the purple lin

Environment committee  That was done through a multi-partnership group consisting of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Environment Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, the Toronto conservation authority, and Toronto Waterfront.

Environment committee  No, Rattray Marsh is not within the Toronto and region area of concern. It's outside.

Environment committee  There's Tommy Thompson Park, which has three cells that were developed to handle dredge material from the harbour and from cleaning out Keating Channel. Cell one was filled; they capped it and created a wetland in there. There has been restorative work on other areas in Humber Ba

Environment committee  There's an excellent research study that is currently going on and is providing excellent results through Carleton University, which is showing that fish are using the habitat for spawning, for rearing, so it's creating an excellent fish habitat. Other birds and things are also u

Environment committee  Geez, that's a—

Environment committee  Yes, it's a minor question.

Environment committee  First of all, in terms of the relationship between the TRCA and Parks Canada, they've worked very closely together in trying to establish the federal urban park in Rouge River. There is a watershed plan for the Rouge River that.... As a matter of fact, one of the responsibiliti

Environment committee  How you organize, how it's built....

Environment committee  That's the other side, or the other shoe that needs to come down: how do we deal with these built-up areas? There are some examples being applied right now within the jurisdiction of the Toronto and region conservation area. One of them is the sustainable neighbourhood retrofit p

Environment committee  Well, that is why we need to sit down and start working. Whose role is that? Whose jurisdictional area is that? Is that a bylaw?