I want to direct my questions toward what I regard to be a bit of a word game going on in relation to the phrases “ecological health” and “ecological integrity”.
I believe you've directed us to the correct place in the memorandum of agreement, paragraph 2.09 (a), which commits the Government of Canada to develop policies that meet or exceed the provincial policies in the Greenbelt Plan 2005, the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe 2006, and the Big Move.
My general impression of those specific policies to which the federal government has committed itself is that they are land-use planning policies that determine what kind of development can go where and under what circumstances. Am I right about that, first of all?