Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for having come to appear before us for the second time in two weeks.
One of the principal mandates of Parks Canada is to preserve the ecological integrity of our parks. However, the ecological integrity indicator for eight of these parks is considered bad. As for ecosystems, the indicator is considered bad for six of these parks. It is dropping. Moreover, the number of species at risk in heritage areas has since 2004 gone from 141 to 222.
How do you explain these rather poor results?