Environment committee  There are obviously commitments, conventions, that Canada has signed internationally to do this, so somebody has to be on the hook. Especially in the north and north of 60, where I'm more familiar with the situation, there are very complex and good processes in place to make smar

Environment committee  I'll jump in. When you look at the front end of COSEWIC, I think you're totally right; it's well resourced, it has a great bunch of people involved, and it does its job. The faltering starts progressively as you get further down--i.e, let's implement this thing on the land when

Environment committee  From my lifetime experience in different countries and 20 years in Canada, I would say the first place to start is with our recommendation four. Follow the money: if there's no money there, you ain't going to achieve much. So get that creative financing model implemented so that

Environment committee  I'll start. I think the fundamental architecture is sound.

Environment committee  Well, I'm trained as a scientist. No, it's not insignificant--this is a good start--but I think the litmus test of how we're doing is the nature of the COSEWIC list and the regular updates on the status of Canadian species, natural habitats, and ecosystem function. And those clea

Environment committee  Oh, yes, absolutely. I mean, this is a good start, but this is orders of magnitude less than what SARA requires.

Environment committee  Yes, thank you. It was in an earlier version. That's a prime example of creative leveraging. It's a great program, multi-species, habitat-based, securing management regimes for the long-term needs of species.

Environment committee  The second answer is that I recognize the budgetary constraints and a lot of process requirements within the SARA machine. It's a fact that relatively small amounts of money have been secured to implement SARA. There's been a lot of design and process going on. It's probably fa

Environment committee  The first answer I have is that I have no idea.

Environment committee  Sure. Thank you. I think it's pretty simple, really; it's just a question of the scale that we're talking about. Much as in a recovery strategy for a species that roams across large areas—migration across international borders, or provincial or territorial—they tend to need a lo

Environment committee  Thank you. That's a very “applied” question, which is WWF's most important issue here. I think the potential is there. We're just not yet at the point where industry and conservation groups and others can actually go to government with a finalized game plan, which is why we're

Environment committee  I certainly think that is one important forum to try to get a different kind of resolve and motivation in here. This one would be particularly helpful because the bulk of the species and the geography, in terms of what the species and their habitats need, are actually within prov

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, and thank you all for this opportunity to share WWF's experience and views with your committee. We have supplied a full 12-page written submission to your committee, but here we will present only highlights. We've also supplied for the tra