Environment committee  Thank you, Stephen. A core element of Parks Canada’s mandate is to present and share Canada’s national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas with visitors from across Canada and around the world. In fulfilling this mandate, Parks Canada not only f

Environment committee  That's an excellent question. Thanks for posing it. In fact, over the past six years, Parks Canada has been orienting more and more of its programs toward the rich diversity of Canada's population. A key audience or client group for us is new Canadians and new citizens. There's

Environment committee  There's a great deal of work. Andrew mentioned at the outset that we collaborate with indigenous communities across the country on the operations of our places, and that includes the visitor offer. Our approach is to empower indigenous communities to share their culture, histor

Environment committee  Darlene and I could share that. Let me give you a general answer, and then Darlene can speak to some specific initiatives. In fact, Parks Canada has been working in collaboration with indigenous peoples across the country on stewardship and management of our places for some yea

Environment committee  The short answer is yes. In situations of hyperabundance of some species, we—

Environment committee  The most significant element of the program is actually conducted with indigenous peoples. It's part of our work to facilitate traditional activities in our national parks and heritage settings. In one circumstance, we are part of a provincial licensing and permitting system for

Environment committee  As well as site to site.

Environment committee  There are approximately 300 indigenous communities that are adjacent to Parks Canada places, and we operate in the traditional territories of a great number of indigenous peoples and communities. I don't know that we have an easily accessible, publicly accessible list, but the dr

Environment committee  Absolutely we could. We could give you a list.

Environment committee  That's a good question. A heritage designation means a lot of things. Normally, proposals for historic sites come from the community. Railway stations are important to communities. It gives them a certain edge. These sites are usually representative of the entire country's herit

Environment committee  Thank you, and we'll be happy to take follow-ups. On the Chateau Laurier addition, Parks Canada has played an active role in helping to assess and address any potential visual impacts the project could present to the Rideau Canal, a national historic site and a UNESCO world heri

Environment committee  Absolutely, there has, and in fact we're constantly innovating our offer. I mentioned earlier, in my response to a different question, how more and more we're addressing our service and visitor offer to better reflect Canada's diversity. We've seen steady increases in visitation—

Environment committee  Yes. We have a mascot named “Parka”, who is a gender-neutral beaver that comes from Wood Buffalo National Park. Our core audience is families. Parka is there to engage children and appears at a number of events and places. Also, Parka is actually a great partner in the media sect

Environment committee  Thank you very much for your question. The Parks Canada Agency is in the midst of setting up a reinvestment program for all of its assets. We are currently fine-tuning the program to make sure we can operate our sites more efficiently in the future and further green our operati