With regard to a national inventory, some organizations are doing extensive wildlife conservation work in wetlands, particularly Ducks Unlimited Canada, an organization with which you must be very familiar. These organizations co-operate with the federal government in various ways. They are currently mapping wetlands in places across Canada. We recommend moving forward with this national inventory because it will make it possible to take wetlands into consideration before projects are implemented.
If we decide to build a store and file an application without knowing that there is a wetland on the site, the analysts might subsequently inform us of that fact, which would delay the proceedings, increase costs and lead to lawsuits. Being able to take this into consideration before the project gets under way would help adapt development in that area.
For example, an industrial park is currently being developed on piles in wetlands in Victoriaville. These are very promising initiatives, which are also being introduced in Europe. You can really do certain things when you take wetlands into consideration before starting a project. For that purpose, we must establish a national inventory to determine where those wetlands are. Ducks Unlimited Canada is currently doing that in certain regions, but they obviously need financial support.