Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member opposite for supporting the bill at second reading. I thought she gave some very thoughtful comments on it. Maybe I can give her some further assurances about the legislation in front of us in respect of the protection of the ecology of the park.
While clause 6 says, “The Minister must...take into consideration the protection of its natural ecosystems”, clause 4 of the bill says, “Rouge National Urban Park...is established for the purposes of protecting and presenting...the natural and cultural heritage of the Park”. That is quite categorical.
Further on, subclause 9(2) says:
The management plan must set out a management approach, by area, that includes the following:(a) the protection and presentation of natural and cultural heritage....
The bill is so protective of the park that it will be illegal to pick a flower in the park. It will be illegal to pick a flower because subclause 18(2) says:
...it is prohibited to...(c) remove a wild animal, a plant, a part of a plant or any other naturally occurring object or product of natural phenomena from the Park....
It will be prohibited in this law to pick a flower in the park. That is how strong the protection will be of the park in the legislation.