Environment committee  Let me conclude with a few final comments in light of the review. Experience has shown it takes time to achieve recovery. The sea otter, once extirpated from Canada, was reintroduced to the west coast in 1969. Initially assessed as endangered by COSEWIC in 1978, it was downgrad

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  For ensuring that, but they do, actually, execution as well.

Environment committee  At Environment Canada for all activities, it's about $60 million—$59.9 million. That would include science, direct enforcement, our administrative responsibilities, including managing the listing process, the actions we take. It would also include the significant funds to fund ot

Environment committee  Yes, 98 wildlife-trained officers.

Environment committee  Good morning, and thank you, Chair.

Environment committee  Thank you. Together my colleagues and I are going to speak to you about the implementation of the Species At Risk Act, or SARA, as we tend to call it. We'll give you a fairly high-level overview of the act and the progress to date. SARA is premised on the view that it is in ou