Thank you, Christine.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As mentioned in the opening statement, our three main national initiatives are based on volunteers. We're promoting these initiatives on our website. There is a very clear call to action to be a volunteer right on our main national website, our Parks Canada website.
We are encouraging people to participate in existing initiatives or specific local initiatives that are offered at different sites. One example I have is a very recent program that we initiated in 2022, as mentioned by Christine in our opening statement: the Team Up and Clean Up the Shore. It's a new initiative that was initiated because Canadians want to be involved and volunteer with Parks Canada. This pilot program is essentially engaging visitors and local communities to clean the shores of specific Parks Canada places. We are now giving shoreline cleanup kits at more than nine Parks Canada locations. We've seen participation by over 250 people, who have literally collected more than 1,800 kilograms of garbage off of the shorelines.
We are promoting these national programs and encouraging volunteering, and some of the local sites are encouraging visitors and communities to participate.