Environment committee  Sure. Mr. Chair, and committee members, thank you. It's a great privilege to join you here today. It's always a privilege to visit this committee and all of the House committees. I'm Michael Nadler. I am the interim chief executive officer of Parks Canada. The last time we pres

Environment committee  Sure. I could give a bit of context on that acquisition. Actually, since 1987, when the park was established—now it's a provincial park and before it was a national park—we've made 140 parcel purchases of land to complete the park. This is among the most sizeable.... The lands

Environment committee  I'm not. Where is it?

Environment committee  Oh, is that right.

Environment committee  Yes, I'd be pleased to.

Environment committee  It's covering two functions for the Trans Canada Trail, or The Great Trail. One is enhancements and improvements to the trail infrastructure. Last year, we all celebrated Canada 150 but also the completion of the Trans Canada Trail. These investments will support ongoing improv

Environment committee  Absolutely.

Environment committee  That's kind of you. Thank you. That's very generous.

Environment committee  I think the Dewdney Trail is part of the network. Further to your comments during the last presentation, one of my first jobs was picking rocks and tossing bales in Lister, British Columbia, near Creston. It was in budget 2017 that $30 million over five years was allocated to th

Environment committee  Yes, it's just a change in the profile of the funding.

Environment committee  Yes. In fact, as part of the nature legacy announcement in budget 2018, $27.5 million is going to our work with indigenous communities and other parties around the action plan for Wood Buffalo National Park. Member Stetski, you're absolutely right. The deadline was December 1 f

Environment committee  Fair enough.

Environment committee  It's part of Transport Canada's broader initiative to assess the risks of climate change on our national transportation infrastructure. I don't have a lot more detail on the analyses as they are ongoing, so I can't give you an assessment of the current risk for that infrastructur

Environment committee  In that corridor, you're probably acutely aware of the environmental conditions that can affect transportation. Flood-proofing is one, and we know the flood season there along the Columbia River can be quite significant. We also know that avalanche season can be equally significa

Environment committee  As part of our $3.6-billion investment program, we are undertaking some twinning in that region and some improvements in that region.