Environment committee  What I can tell you is that in terms of the commitment, in terms of moving forward, and in terms of protected areas for the marine programs, for example, internationally, we are in line; we're moving forward. We have several marine conservation areas that we are currently working

Environment committee  Different countries are at different levels in terms of standards. I think if you look at Australia, because of their history, they've had several more years in terms of the marine program, so their amount of conservation percentage is greater.

Environment committee  I can answer that part of it. First, we're going to work with the Haida Nation to establish the budget. We have quite a bit of flexibility in our budget for new parks and new national marine conservation areas. We have more than enough left in the budget to ensure that we manage

Environment committee  In the past, there had been rights inside the area. These have been relinquished by the mining industry to Nature Conservancy of Canada, who transferred them to Parks Canada. Thus, there are no mining rights inside the area. At this time, to my knowledge, there is a moratorium ou

Environment committee  Not presently. However, like everywhere in Canada, it still is a possibility in the long term. We shall have to manage an area with the Haida community. When regulations will be passed for the management of that marine conservation area, we will make sure we adopt an approach ba

Environment committee  My answer is in two parts. First, we make sure that there will be no drilling in that special region. This is already a great achievement. In fact, this is what the Haida community has been asking for since the 1980s. So, this is an important achievement. Second, in regards to w

Environment committee  It is exactly the same thing as the situation on land. We have national parks and there are development activities outside national parks. I must add that this year marks the 125th anniversary of the creation of national parks. In regards to activities outside the park, people ar

Environment committee  Parks Canada did not pay any compensation to industry. However, Kevin was there at the time and he might have something to add.

Environment committee  The situation is the same for national marine conservation areas and national parks. Rights have to be respected. Usually, we approach the owners of those rights to buy them back. In some cases, people ask for the market price. In other cases, the rights are simply donated. Elsew

Environment committee  It is usually possible but, at Parks Canada, we do not have access to that information.

Environment committee  First, I think in Lancaster Sound there was a project proposal to do that. The project did not go ahead, and the government has stopped that project, so it will not be proceeding. In this area no such program is planned. We are ensuring that once it's been added to the Canada N

Environment committee  We don't have that information. We can provide it to you.

Environment committee  Yes, I'm not sure either.

Environment committee  A mineral and energy resource assessment was done, and as a result of that, and also, for example, of some of the petroleum companies giving up their rights, basically the boundary was negotiated with the Province of British Columbia, but also with the Haida Nation. So the bounda

Environment committee  No, and I think there are a lot of roles and responsibilities of Transport or the Coast Guard or DFO, for example. We would work with them in terms of overall response in the area, similar to the situation in national parks where we do offer services outside the park for public s