Thank you.
The budget represents a really significant investment in protecting nature, both through protected areas and species at risk. As Daniel noted, it recognizes the benefit for those species of protected areas, particularly in areas of high biodiversity value where connectivity is key, and in terms of measures to protect critical habitat. The budget will allow us to work in partnership with provinces and territories, landowners, industry, and indigenous groups to focus on priority places and to take a more place-based approach to species at risk—for example, in the south of the divide area in southern Saskatchewan. We will also look at critical anchor species that are in areas that touch on many different species at risk. An example is caribou, where we are working in partnership with the provinces and territories, industry, local communities, and indigenous groups to support protection of critical habitat.