In light of that, a program like the natural areas conservation program from Budget 2006, in partnership with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, is the type of mechanism that can then be applied where we begin to address a particular ecosystem.
In terms of one of the other challenges, we are located, of course, on an international boundary. Now, ecosystems don't know a political boundary on a map. SARA currently has no mechanism for prioritizing different species in terms of action.
For example, there may be in Essex County a species whose range in Canada is only in Essex County, but it may in fact be thriving in a larger ecosystem down into the United States. Yet it's given, under the act, the same importance as a species whose habitat is entirely in Canada.
Do you think SARA should contain mechanisms to help prioritize species?