As I mentioned earlier, the boreal forest is both a Quebec and Canadian issue given the extent of this vast resource. It is even an international conservation issue. Canada has a responsibility to preserve that asset.
As regards the national conservation plan, the conservation of forest ecosystems and the sustainable use of those resources are among the initiatives that should be put forward. In conservation, protected areas in the boreal environment have an impact. It is important to be able to create and maintain protected areas.
The same is true of the implementation of the federal government's forest caribou, or boreal caribou, recovery program. We would like that program's implementation to help maintain boreal caribou habitat, which is the boreal forest. Through this recovery program, the federal government is fully playing its role in protection of the boreal forest. I believe that meeting commitments to protect species at risk is part of the approach of the national conservation plan.