Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague from Wellington—Halton Hills for carrying the torch in the House with regard to the dream of an urban park, the dream of the Rouge Park Alliance to have this magnificent park within the limits of the greater Toronto area.
I would just like to remind the House that when Parliament passed the Parks Canada Agency Act, it directed Parks Canada to include representative examples of Canada's land and marine natural regions and systems of national parks and national marine conservation areas.
In 2006, Parks Canada's protected areas network was approximately 277,000 square kilometres. Since 2006, this government has taken actions that will protect an additional 150,000 square kilometres. This brings Parks Canada's protected areas network to 427,000 square kilometres, which represents a 54% increase. I would advise the House that we are not stopping here.