Mr. Speaker, the target of protecting 30% of our territory by 2030, which was adopted in Montreal at COP15, requires us to mobilize every resource at our disposal. In Canada, one critical tool that is too often underestimated is the voluntary conservation of private lands.
In many areas of the country, including my own, the Eastern Townships, over 90% of the land is private. This means that we will simply not be able to meet the 30% target without encouraging more landowners to protect their land and without providing better support for the conservation organizations that help them.