Mr. Robert McLean at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

On October 6th, 2011. See this statement in context.

October 6th, 2011 / 11:50 a.m.

Executive Director, Habitat and Ecosystem Conservation, Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment

That's correct. It flowed from the Convention on Biological Diversity. Canada adopted a Canadian biodiversity strategy in 1996. Invasive alien species was one of the priority areas identified by federal-provincial ministers in 2000, and that led to the adoption of the strategy in 2004.

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