Canadian Heritage committee  Backing up to the other question, when you have those socio-economic surveys of the benefits of these natural resources to Canadians, such as the survey that Environment Canada used to do and the recreational fisheries survey that's done by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Canadian Heritage committee  On the present act before you, we did, on behalf of the Outdoors Network, have twenty-eight groups sign on to that letter. Similar to what Mr. Farrant said, in many cases they went to their board and to their executive to get that endorsement. We're very enthusiastic about it.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it would be a challenge, and I say that not in an unfriendly way. One thing is that, personally, being in Ottawa for quite a long time, working with the different departments and meeting with many different ministers over actually decades of time, sometimes anglers and hu

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's important for this national heritage day to fall on a Saturday, because people will want to mark the occasion in some way. It wouldn't be the same if the day were to fall on a Monday or Tuesday.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the third Saturday would be preferable.

Canadian Heritage committee  Hello. Thank you very much for inviting me and Delta Waterfowl—I'm also representing the Canadian Outdoors Network—to address you on this important issue. My name is Dr. Robert Owen Bailey. I have an honours degree in agriculture, a master's degree in renewable resources, and a