Allow me to stop you here, Mr. Minister. In fact, the volunteers are not paid. You say that you champion job creation, but a lot of jobs have been cut. There were cuts of $19.7 million. The number of employees has been reduced, and there are repercussions on park attendance. I have here a table from Parks Canada that indicates that between 2007 and 2012, there was a 16% drop in the number of visitors to national historic sites. That is enormous.
In addition, you have replaced guides with signs. These were very well-paid employees who promoted the parks, and did awareness-raising and education with the population. You even put an end to all of the awareness-raising activities at the Montreal Biosphere, which was the only museum of that type in North America that offered educational activities to youngsters and to schools.
And yet, Environment Canada's mission is to ensure that the Canadian population has a sound, safe and sustainable environment. How can that mission be accomplished after cuts as deep as those you have just announced? How can you continue to say that one of the mandates of Parks Canada and Environment Canada is to improve people's appreciation? Those are really contradictory statements.