I'm glad you mentioned the Rouge, but as someone from the Toronto area, I know the Rouge Park gets all the attention. There are lots of other great places in the greater Toronto area that are part of the same ecosystem. I was just at an event last week for the Riverwood Conservancy, which is an area in the heart of Mississauga, on the banks of the Credit River, 150 acres. People call it the “lungs” of Mississauga because it's a living laboratory of nature right in the city, and I can tell you that most people in Mississauga don't know it's there.
They have some great programs. One of them is called Hot Chocolate and Wild Birds, and it's for little kids. I notice that Nature Canada has a program called My Parks Pass for eighth-graders. That's also a great idea.
The difficulty is that so often, if we don't start with young children in schools, by the time they reach a certain age they don't have that interest. Their interests change and so on. But if a child doesn't have a parent or grandparent who instills in them those values, how can our plan help toward making sure that future generations do place a premium on loving nature?