Environment committee  We could come back and table it. There's a fairly long list and there are a number of categories. But we'd be happy to provide that.

Environment committee  It is. And at risk of sounding as though I'm actually trying to push here, like a travelling Fuller Brush salesman, the federal sustainable development strategy was our attempt to really pull together all of that in a government-wide context. I would recommend section 3 of the fe

Environment committee  I can. I don't have them off the top of my head. Do you, Bob?

Environment committee  Mr. Chair, could I add a quick clarification?

Environment committee  Those targets were global aspirational targets. It's an area where it is not necessarily an absolute, hard commitment taken on by the Government of Canada, but as a signatory to the convention it's one we, among all other governments, try to strive toward. I should mention one m

Environment committee  Thank you. I know you didn't ask for an answer on the first part of your question, but I'd just like to say—

Environment committee  —I agree completely, and I think you expressed it better than I did. On the second part of the question, our sense is that we are seeing in the country a natural expansion of the conservation agenda from beyond the traditional protected areas, which remains very important. It wi

Environment committee  Very briefly, in order to capture the bulk of the federal-provincial relations on conservation, Environment Canada is a key player, but one would have to include the Department of Fisheries and Oceans because there are so many issues in the aquatic environment. As well, I would s

Environment committee  Agriculture, because if you think about it, there is so much land in this country that's under cultivation, and the environmental best management practice is a key determinant of the overall protection of nature in the country. I think if you went internationally, it would just

Environment committee  The Department of Foreign Affairs would be involved with something like that, and in fact in a legal sense is always the head of the delegation, if you will. We often receive our instructions from the Department of Foreign Affairs, and we work closely with them, but the expertise

Environment committee  Sure, we'd be very happy to do that. Maybe I could just rattle off what we think of as some key groups or categories—I think that was an earlier question that came up—and then we'd be happy to dig up a list of people we've come across in them. One is obviously the large conserva

Environment committee  I'd say in general, absolutely. Flood control is a great one. Think of the Canadian boreal forest agreement, in terms of changing the rules of engagement on 76 million hectares across the country. I think they took about 29 million out of production, and the rest they're producin

Environment committee  Thank you for that question. I might miss a couple, but I'll be highlighting a few of the key programs, filling in some of these elements of the framework. We could start with the eco-gifts program, on which you asked a particular question. As my colleague laid out, under cert

Environment committee  I'd be happy to. The main purpose of the round table was for the Minister of the Environment to begin pulling in ideas, suggestions, inspiration, and direction on how to move forward with a national conservation plan. The minister wanted to develop a broader consultation agenda

Environment committee  Thanks for that question. As we've moved forward we're beginning to sketch out—I would say with a little bit of trepidation because we don't want to declare what they should be—some key guiding principles in terms of a national conservation plan. One of them is that it be natio