Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much to the departmental officials for being here.
I would like to say that although the minister is not here, it is, I think, important to recognize the leadership he has had on this file. It was good to see him at the PDAC conference in Toronto this weekend, talking with the mining sector as well. It's great to see the minister being as busy as he actually is on the environment file and consulting with industry.
I would like to get into a couple of things that we've heard about today, specifically in regard to national parks. I have to admit, I'm confused. I was under the impression that our government had actually increased the actual footprint of the national parks in this country. Is that true? Could you expand on that a little bit—on if so, how much?