Environment committee  Thank you and good afternoon, Madam Chair, distinguished members of Parliament, ladies and gentlemen. It’s an honour to be with you today to share how Parks Canada Agency protects and presents nationally significant examples of Canada’s natural and cultural heritage, including o

Environment committee  I can comment from the perspective of Prince Edward Island National Park.

Environment committee  In terms of P.E.I., etc., most of these parks were created many years ago. Prince Edward Island was in 1937. It's a much different scenario for new parks that are being created now, and perhaps Kevin can expand on that a bit.

Environment committee  We're one of the most visited in terms of scale and size, absolutely. What is kind of unique about us is that it's concentrated in a very short period of time, in the peak summer season.

Environment committee  We're always concerned about preservation. It's one of the priorities. The way we manage visitation is that we very carefully concentrate visitation in areas of the park where we can actively manage its use. We work very carefully to design infrastructure that's going to have a

Environment committee  No, not at all. What's wonderful is that we put a lot effort into outreach. We do involve community groups as well as part of that, and not just the visitors. The visitors really care about these systems. When we close down a dune or we're trying to minimize the use of a dune b

Environment committee  That's correct, yes.

Environment committee  Visitation has been slowly and somewhat steadily increasing over the last number of years, but what we're finding with what we did with our concentrated investments on the visitor infrastructure is that people are using our trail systems more. Biking and cycling in the Gulf Shore

Environment committee  No, there has been absolutely no disagreement. They are very happy that we're upgrading.

Environment committee  No. Greenwich is part of the national park, and it takes that period of time to work through the legislation. We have to get it through the gazetting process.

Environment committee  Oh, absolutely.

Environment committee  No, you're not.

Environment committee  No, we are in the process right now of creating a new 10-year management plan for Prince Edward Island National Park. The current one expires this coming year, and so we're in the process of creating a new 10-year one.

Environment committee  Yes, we have.

Environment committee  It was last year.