As you know, our government is exceptionally proud that, since forming government in 2006, we have increased the amount of protected areas under our formal parks by just over 50%.
This summer, the Prime Minister added our newest park, Nááts’ihch’oh, on the north side of the Nahanni National Park. We are working on finalizing the addition of the national marine protected areas in the southern Georgia Strait and in Lancaster Sound, to the two formalized national marine protected areas in Lake Superior and Haida Gwaii.
We have signed an agreement with the Government of Nova Scotia to create a national park reserve on Sable Island off Nova Scotia. In the coming months, our government and the Government of Nova Scotia will be tabling legislation to formalize Sable as our newest national park.
We continue to work with provinces and territories on national parks, and supplement that by working with a variety of other groups and conservation groups to protect areas, while still allowing land use, which is not allowed in national parks.