Yes, certainly, we see a lot of economic benefits from nature protection. I can tell you a little story from the Great Bear Rainforest agreement, where we saw the Government of Canada contribute $30 million, the province contribute a match to that, and philanthropic organizations come forward with a $60-million match. What do we see? We see 45 new first nations-led businesses and over 1,100 permanent jobs created. It has become the most successful driver of job creation in the region.
Canada has a target of reaching 25% of conserved lands and waters by 2025. We still have a long way to go. While we do have budgetary recommendations—I can give you those numbers—what we really see is that a lot of that money is coming in the form of establishment funding, project funding to get projects off the ground. But in order to have the confidence to engage in these projects, partners really need to see the long-term funding for stewardship over time so it doesn't land flat on them.
One of our key recommendations here is $1.4 billion per year in A-base funding, increasing to $2.8 billion per year by 2030-31, to support that long-term management and monitoring of terrestrial and marine protected areas. We have that divided on the marine and the terrestrial front.