Thank you to all of you for your very helpful contribution to this discussion. I think you will have noticed that I didn't cut my teeth on the conservation side. I was reasonably prolific on the user side, having explored places like the Chilcotin Trail, the West Coast Trail, Bowron Lakes, the Skyline Trail and the Rockwall in the Rockies, Stein Valley—all spectacular areas. I've come to very much appreciate the responsibility that rests on our shoulders to protect those natural areas.
I'd like to go back to Mr. McNamee, and Mr. Stringer, you can jump in as well.
We've talked a fair bit about the protected areas, the marine and terrestrial protected areas, and our targets of 10% and 17%. How optimistic are you that we're actually going to achieve those 2020 targets? I want a frank assessment of that.
By the way, I did appreciate, Mr. McNamee, your effort to explain all the work that's required to actually move forward with adding additional areas for protection. There's the science involved, and then beyond that there's the community consultations involved. You mentioned that it is not government's desire to impose national parks where local communities oppose them. One that's certainly close to where I live would be the South Okanagan area, where there was a proposal for a national park, opposed by many and supported by many. These are the challenges you face.
How optimistic are you that we're actually going to achieve those targets by 2020, or is that a stretch?