Thank you for the question, but I am not sure it was a question. Thank you for your comments.
You talked about my commitment. You understand it is a legal requirement I fulfill as Minister of the Environment. I don’t decide whether to issue an order when I get up in the morning, depending on what side of the bed I woke up on. It does not work that way. I am legally required to make this recommendation to cabinet. Afterwards, cabinet decides on next steps. In this case, cabinet decided we had to move forward. The decision was not taken lightly.
You probably know that last year, we signed a comprehensive nature conservancy agreement with British Columbia. It included protection for several species. The federal government invested nearly $500 million, and the province invested about the same amount. We do not ask provinces to shoulder the burden of meeting species conservation targets without offering support through different types of programs. Some of them could in fact pertain to forestry workers.