Thank you to our groups of witnesses.
There's been a lot of discussion about the lack of co-operation between the different agencies in dealing with our different lands. I want to fall back on the Aichi standards. I'll go to Nature Canada first. You've been around here for 75 years.
Do you understand the rules and guidelines of the Aichi agreement? Are you fairly familiar with them?
Can you tell me, travelling around Canada, taking into consideration Ducks Unlimited, taking in the private lands, taking in municipal infrastructure where they have large park areas, if we had a working agreement among the federal government, provincial governments, municipal governments, private individuals, private landholders, organizations such as yours, and organizations such as Ducks Unlimited to pull our resources together and come up with a standard by which people could maintain their parks, whether they're municipal, private, or federal, do you believe that we would be able to add a lot more land?
A lot of this land that's out there today that is parks or conservation areas are not being recognized. Do you think they would fit that category or could fit that category?