Environment committee  I hope most of the committee members would probably agree with that.

Environment committee  We'd have to come back to you on that. My response is that I believe that's already in the legislation. It's not a recommendation of SARAC; that's what the law says. But we have to double-check.

Environment committee  That is correct.

Environment committee  We love it, too.

Environment committee  This has not been discussed within SARAC. I don't think we can provide you with any comment. I invite you to ask some of the specific witnesses. The folks here are experts on SARA. Enforcement of SARA really hasn't been an issue yet because we're still at the very front end of im

Environment committee  There are more that are listed. There are more than 500 species at risk on the endangered species list.

Environment committee  That is right.

Environment committee  That is right.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  SARAC reviews its membership on a periodic basis. It has just gone through that review. At least one member on this list has stepped down. There are two new ones. I believe the Canadian Hydropower Association will be joining. Ducks Unlimited has decided to leave. And the Canadian

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  The two are related. There is not enough information because there are not enough resources allocated to the file.

Environment committee  I think we would all agree that it is very important to allocate resources to the entire species protection cycle. We need basic data, data on socio-economic implications and habitats. And we need to focus resources on the Canada-wide biological database to help species currently

Environment committee  I'll start. I need to say in advance that we have not talked about this at SARAC, so these will be some general thoughts about what could be done. It's not necessarily a consensus position. Maybe it would be once they hear the ideas. One is that generally in Canada, if you think

Environment committee  We're talking about specific groups, a specific subset.