Environment committee  Let me refer to the first point. I don't want to in any way dismiss the value of private lands. They're absolutely very important. One of the things we will be doing as part of this process, this road map to 17%, is we will be doing a very careful definition of what is in and out

Environment committee  Certainly our national wildlife areas need to have active management, so we see that as part of the suite of activities.

Environment committee  There was certainly no intention to omit farmers. We actually see them as a very important partner, particularly in the conservation of species at risk, but also in protecting important landscapes in order to get to the 17%. We have a number of programs in Environment and Climate

Environment committee  I have no problem in making that commitment. We very much work with farmers and ranchers all the time. It's very much a part of our existing work. We will continue to do so.

Environment committee  I think what we need to do is very much the process we've laid out here of a large federal, provincial and territorial process to figure out the plans, and to develop that framework for terrestrial area protection. Then I think it's time for us to think about the investments that

Environment committee  I'll repeat my point. We need to plan. We have enough resources to establish the two ones that we have.

Environment committee  We currently have a database where we are counting the areas that are what we consider protected. Those are the numbers that are in the report. That's a bit of a work in progress. We're increasingly working toward getting the private lands into that database, and the extent to wh

Environment committee  Thank you for your question. There are a variety of things that I think we're doing that goes to the point you're getting at. First of all, we are working hard to get the Scott Islands and the Edéhzhíe established, and it's our top priority to get those into the system formally.

Environment committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon, members of the committee. It's my pleasure to be back here with you. My name is Sue Milburn-Hopwood. I am the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Canadian Wildlife Service. I appeared before this Committee in May when I outlined the full rang