This is where the federal government could, with the departments, lay out a frameworkâessentially a protected areas policy frameworkâspecifying how these tools should work together. I don't believe how the tools should work together is clearly laid out, or which tools apply to which types of conservation goals or how the departments should use them. That's the kind of leadership that Parliament and the government can take and direct the departments with.
On May 17th, 2016. See this statement in context.