Thank you for that.
I would simply editorialize on your last point that I think one of the most important outreach opportunities will be with our municipalities, because they are close to our citizenry and they have that opportunity to connect directly. In my experience, federal government consultations that reach out sometimes do not quite get to every single small town and city across the country.
Shifting to the conservation issue, I want to congratulate our Environment Canada and Parks officials on the successful work they did to convince the finance minister to invest in the way that he did in conservation. That's a major achievement.
I want to go very specifically to the issue of how we understand those funds will be disbursed. There are a number of local conservation groups, national conservation groups, and other interested parties who have contacted me to ask how they can engage with the federal government and at a regional level to best enable partnerships in the manner that it seems the federal government is heading so that local conservation initiatives can be supported.
In the riding of Pontiac there are groups that who are very interested in supporting protection of the forêt Boucher. There are other groups who are very interested in establishing a regional network of protected areas in collaboration with the provincial government and the Algonquin. How can they best engage in the process with the funds that are now available?