Environment committee  Going hand-in-hand with that—and I don't know if it's a precondition to the plan working, but possibly not part of the plan—the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and Environment Canada, have to have enough money to do their work. They have to have the scientists to collect the

Environment committee  Thank you.

Environment committee  I'll speak very briefly and limit my comments to the production of shale gas. The research we've done as an organization indicates that the bigger problem with shale gas production is the infrastructure that's required to produce the shale gas. That's as big a problem as the us

Environment committee  It's a big challenge, and you're entirely right about city kids' lack of exposure to things that are wild. I was certainly one of those kids. I grew up in a small city but wasn't really exposed to too much outdoors. What I'm told by professional educators is that the amount of i

Environment committee  Thank you Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the committee on behalf of our organization for the opportunity to appear today and to make submissions. My name is Jeff Surtees. I'm the CEO of Trout Unlimited Canada. Our organization is a national habitat conservation organization. We