Environment committee  The transfer to the new parks and sites account is for expenditures that we're planning to have carried out by the end of March of this year. It's mostly for new parks that we've put in place--in Nahanni, for example, with the expansion in terms of the visitor centre in Fort Simp

Environment committee  That's.... Well, the--

Environment committee  With regard to the fund and the new parks and sites account, the whole concept behind it is to make sure that as we develop our new parks and put them in place, we have the funding secured in a central account. We--

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  We have a set model for new parks in terms of the capital investment for putting the parks into operation and in terms of the ongoing operation of those parks. We have two models, one for southern Canada and one for northern Canada, because there are different realities. For exam

Environment committee  Sorry, there is a moratorium on exploration on the west coast. That I can tell you.

Environment committee  That I would have to check. I'm not sure.

Environment committee  First, in terms of the dates of the report, May versus June, part of it is because we have to go to Treasury Board. I just want to make that clear. That's why there's a difference between May and June. In terms of the future impacts of activities occurring outside of the nationa

Environment committee  The one point I'd like to add, Mr. Chair, if I can, is that I'm extremely proud of—not since I've become CEO, but well before that with Tom Lee and my predecessors—the relationship with aboriginal peoples. We in Canada should celebrate that, because as a parks organization, we ar

Environment committee  It was a public signing. Do you mean the Canada–Haida agreement?

Environment committee  Yes, it was.

Environment committee  The process, part of it, is called for in our legislation, the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act, in terms of the consultation reports, for example, that you have before you. That is one element. Since that time, we've had to complete that. Although we've had a lot

Environment committee  I must say, if the current partnership and cooperative management and co-management of Gwaii Haanas national park reserve through the archipelago management board, which has representatives from both Parks Canada and the Haida Nation, had not been as solid as it is, we would not

Environment committee  Those days have been long gone. If you look at the Nahanni National Park Reserve expansion, it's a good example of Parks Canada, the Government of Canada, working with the aboriginal community—in this case, the Dehcho. The recent announcement we've made in terms of the Mealy Mo

Environment committee  It is the notion of continuous management. When science or community consultations provide us with more information, we will act accordingly. That is really the approach Australia has taken. It involves learning to work with the communities and scientific experts and taking long-