Just further on that point, in preparing for the committee today I asked my staff to pull how many kilometres of coastline Canada actually has. Your report noted that we protect 2,020 kilometres of shoreline. We actually have 200,280 kilometres of coastline in the country. Do you think the extent of coastline that our country has, as well as the different geographies and different climate sectors, adds complexity to establishing marine protected areas, as compared to the situation in other regions internationally?
On February 5th, 2013. See this statement in context.