Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary does not seem to recognize that there is an urgent need for resources. Again, I quote from the environment commissioner's 2001 report.
She said, and I quote:
In Quebec, we also observed that Environment Canada lacks the capacity to manage all its national wildlife areas effectively. For example, the Lac Saint-François National Wildlife Area, a Ramsar site, has a management plan dating back to 1986 and no federal staff on site.
In section 5.1.18 of the commissioner's report, she said “There is limited monitoring of public access” in a significant number of national reserves.
It must be understood that the resources allocated to national reserves must be increased if we want to make these reserves and our natural heritage accessible.