Environment committee  I could just add that over the years there has been debate on whether or not to have separate sustainable development strategies or include sustainability within the expenditure management system, as being integral to the departments' existing business plans and strategies. It wa

Environment committee  I would add that in many of the audits, we do address issues that could compromise the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. We focus our attention on shortcomings in the implementation of current policy objectives which, if not addressed, could potentially compr

Environment committee  You also mentioned that the departmental strategies are to respond to the federal strategy and demonstrate how they support that. As the commissioner mentioned, the federal strategy says that it will align itself with the UN SDGs. That would be another way, potentially, that depa

Environment committee  Thank you. Yes, as we report, I guess the inverse of our statistic is that 60% of the park ecosystems have been assessed, and there is a report produced by the agency that tells which of these ecosystems are stable, in decline, or have been--

Environment committee  No, I'd have to get back to you on that. The agency is here today and may be able to provide you with that.

Environment committee  A few years ago, we received a petition about nuclear facilities and the government's obligations, that is to say the insurance that the government had in place to cover those facilities. As a response to that petition, the government committed to review that insurance coverage.

Environment committee  Only from our work last year on MPAs, we had some numbers. The 10% target actually agreed to internationally was a compromise target that could be reached internationally, but the science community had suggested that 33%—or a third—of the world's oceans should be protected.

Environment committee  It was the MPAs.

Environment committee  Excuse me. This was with regard to marine protected areas.

Environment committee  My recollection—and I'll get back to you with the precise budget—is that it's around $600 million for the entire agency.

Environment committee  What we noted was, compared to the average of the last six years, it's gone down by 15%.

Environment committee  No, compared to the average budget over the last six years, it saw a 15% reduction from those numbers. So the budget today would be 15% less than the average of the previous six years, and I'll have to get back to you on what that average was for the last six years, but my unders

Environment committee  I can't speak to the Environment Canada budget but I can say yes, it is down 15% at Parks Canada.

Natural Resources committee  The federal mandate is to assess substances that are being used in Canada, to determine whether they pose a threat to either human health or the environment, and then, if that is determined to be the case, to control or regulate those chemicals and their use.

Natural Resources committee  It certainly is a complex environment. There's no question about that. There are other countries, such as Australia and the United States, that have rather long coastlines as well and complex situations to deal with.