Environment committee  The development of the plan is under way. It will follow the normal policy development process, which will include extensive public consultation. As I mentioned, we've had several meetings with expert groups to inform the initial draft of the policy. We'll be moving to full pub

Environment committee  This is a new program, and we're operating under a draft policy. However, we envision, similar to all our programs, that there will be management plans that will be tabled in Parliament. As the national urban parks program will be under the agency, we'll be doing our normal repor

Environment committee  As far as urban national parks are concerned, our goal is to discuss and create a park with partners, which is possible to do without appropriating their land. In fact, this is part of our mandate. We are currently in talks with the cities of Montreal and Saskatoon, as well as th

Environment committee  There are several places. We are having conversations with our partners to determine whether there is a better place. That being said, there are many possibilities in Montreal.

Environment committee  It is truly too early to determine that. The discussions have not gone far enough yet. We are aware that agreement needs to be negotiated between Quebec and the federal government. We are exploring the possibilities.

Environment committee  For any of the lands, we require surveys that are led by Natural Resources Canada. It would do all that work. It's ensuring that all that proper due diligence is done beforehand. It's a timing issue.

Environment committee  That happens ahead of the legislation coming into effect, though. We would do all of that ahead of legislation coming into effect.

Environment committee  Again, we commend MP Masse on his work and his dedication to establishing a park. We do want to do that too. Our process will take a little bit longer than this bill, but will achieve the same result in the end. However, as noted, there are a lot of challenges with a bill that

Environment committee  Right now, it's just the Rouge, and that is why we're moving forward with a policy approach. It's in order to determine the way to do this. It's not normal to legislate each park individually, so at some point, if we want to consider legislation.... Again, it's not required to na

Environment committee  I'm sorry. I'm not sure I understand the question.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  That's correct.

Environment committee  We would be looking at.... The bill proposes to establish this park under the Canada National Parks Act. Our consideration of legislation may be specific national urban parks legislation. That's the difference.

Environment committee  We've signed an MOU. We hope to have that permanently protected, probably in the spring of 2023. We're working through the deal for that right now.

Environment committee  That is the intention, yes.