It's for ecological goods and services payments. It's to redirect existing subsidies into areas that benefit biodiversity. That would be agricultural support systems, and removing subsidies for the forest and energy industry that work against biodiversity. I think those are the premises that we have. But the first focus is on the agricultural supports, and more focused on, for example, ranchers, and then providing areas for the management for species at risk. That's a big problem in the grasslands. For many of Canada's species at risk the biggest concentration has been in the grassland region. If we had some way to pay ranchers for stewarding that land, for improving management practices, that would be a way to start.
On May 7th, 2013. See this statement in context.