This is one of the most challenging but also exciting periods for Parks Canada. As you may know, 2011 will be the centennial of Parks Canada, the world's first national park organization. In the next few years, we will be investing $75 million, as announced in the recent budget, to upgrade the national historic sites owned by Parks Canada. We will also be working with third-party, non-profit organizations, which are represented in 400 communities across Canada.
At the same time, we are moving to implement the infrastructure program to ensure that our visitor and campground facilities are brought up to a reasonable standards and contribute to the tourism industry in Canada. I think this is a great opportunity for us as an agency. It's not only about fixing infrastructure. In the new park program, we're continuing dialogues and partnerships with aboriginal communities, local communities, stakeholder groups, and other partners. In places like the Nahanni expansion, we're still working with the Dehcho and other partners. It is the same with the Manitoba Lowlands and across Canada. So we have several new parks that we're working on.
Finally, we are working not just to expand our program or our existing parks, but also to protect the parks we have. Over the last few years, we have put in place an ecological integrity monitoring program, which is internationally regarded as one of the best of its kind. Over the next four to five years, our objective will be to focus on restoration of ecosystems in our national parks.
Thank you.