Mr. Speaker, for clarification, this does relate in particular to Motion No. 1. We are talking about the development of a new park. I hope I was presenting some constructive solutions that he might take to the minister that can be applied to the new park.
As I mentioned before, one of the threats to the parks, be it the park mentioned in Motion No. 1 or any other park, is the threat to habitat. The threats to Banff National Park and the threats to Tuktut Nogait are one in the same in many ways.
I would implore the minister, rather than penalizing the parks, to use the model of the World Wildlife Fund. Those funds could be generated by a surcharge of 1% or 2% on hotel accommodations and other tourist facilities and that money could be directed back into the park for the development of habitat. If we do not do that we will be in trouble.
We as a country are one of the leading conduits of endangered and threatened species from around the world. Animal parts from tigers to rhinos to endangered birds are coming into Canada and being distributed around the world. We are a major conduit. Poachers and traffickers of endangered species know this. They are using our country illegally for this illicit trade that is destroying populations of threatened species around the world. Money is required to combat that. This is a way we could generate the money to give our conservation officers the ability to preserve flora and fauna not only in our country but around the world.