Environment committee  I think our wish list is going back to that habitat stewardship fund, as well as setting up an ecosystem services program. I think that would enable us to really capitalize on the opportunity for agricultural land to produce the services that the whole public wants.

Environment committee  Sure. Some of those organizations we listed that we work with apply to the habitat stewardship fund for support. Some of their comments have been that it would be really great if some of it could be directed specifically at agriculture, because they see such great opportunity the

Environment committee  Over the last year we've really looked at ecosystem services programs trying to figure out what is our policy on them and under what principles would we now support a program. One of the big things was that it needs to be locally driven, so at the municipal level. However, when

Environment committee  You make an excellent point on the research front. We can't develop best management practices unless we know what we should be doing and how we should be doing it. I think research and innovation are always a good investment, so we certainly support that. You talked about how to

Environment committee  Yes. I think it can be either recognition-based or it could be in the form of a payment. In B.C. there is a program that is paying farmers for.... It's just getting up and running for species at risk. There are the ALUS programs across Canada, the alternative land use services

Environment committee  They did a species assessment and had something like 130 different birds on their property. There's an enormous amount of conservation for habitat on those ranches. Thanks for the question.

Environment committee  Only last week I was in Mexico City at the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. It's an agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Previously, when the meeting was held in Canada, we had somebody from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, as well as somebody from t

Environment committee  I understand your question in terms of to how to re-establish wetlands that have been lost on the prairie. The thing that is really unique about ranching land is that wetlands rarely get drained. They're part of the habitat. They're part of the water source on ranching land, so t

Environment committee  It is often thought that you need to put a glass bowl around some of these species, but what these ranchers are doing on the land is obviously the right thing. I think what we need to enable within the Species at Risk Act is how to replicate that sort of stewardship in other area

Environment committee  Yes, thank you.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  At CCA we're very aware of the growing disconnect between consumers and producers. A lot of what we do today is we invest in our own youth. How can we leverage them to help spread our message? They have such large networks in terms of social media, Facebook, Twitter, and all thes