Ms. Darlene Upton at the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee

On February 27th, 2020. See this statement in context.

February 27th, 2020 / 9:50 a.m.

Vice-President, Protected Areas Establishment and Conservation, Parks Canada Agency

I'll speak to Parks Canada and what we've contributed.

Canada is currently at 12.1% protection on the terrestrial side. About a quarter of that, or about 3.5%, has been contributed by Parks Canada. We're hopeful that we might be able to contribute another 3% in the coming years toward Canada's targets for terrestrial conservation.

On the marine side—

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