Thank you all for coming today. I've heard many interesting facts.
One thing that we discussed a great deal today is the fact that critical habitat is the cause of about 84% of the listing of species at risk. We've also discussed the fact that just the protection of caribou alone is going to require far greater square mileage than even our larger national parks have.
In order to implement SARA effectively, is it safe to say that the requirement for the protection of critical habitat would be absolutely massive?
If so, will private landowners be compensated at fair market value? Where would the government come up with the money to do this? That seems to be an issue we're going to face. Or is the recommendation that we simply expropriate land without providing fair market compensation, or maybe only limited compensation?
Where are we going with this?