Environment committee  I wouldn't consider it invasive. It is non-indigenous, but it's not harming people or society.

Environment committee  Yes, and again, I appreciate the question, because there are examples where, for whatever reason, an ecological niche may become open. It's quite appropriate to examine filling that ecological niche.

Environment committee  It's absolutely been a win-win all around, environmentally and for society.

Environment committee  Yes, and in fact Environment Canada needs to complete the action plan for invasive alien terrestrial animal species. The federal government has been providing a number of very good resource documents, leadership documents, but we're not done yet.

Environment committee  Just before I turn the microphone over to Ms. Gagnon, Madam, the answer is yes. Furthermore, we're encouraged that departments of the federal government, including Environment Canada but also other agencies, such as the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, are already participat

Environment committee  Excellent question. With our experience through the programs that we've been offering now for, in one case, almost 20 years, what would pleasantly surprise you, as it has us, is the receptivity of the public, including anglers and hunters, to actually respond to these threats i

Environment committee  Thank you very much. Obviously trapping depends on healthy wildlife--fur-bearing mammals, in this case. So anything that can detrimentally affect not only the animals themselves, not only those fur-bearers, such as beaver or pine marten, but anything that detrimentally affects

Environment committee  I would just add this. Hopefully we've demonstrated that there are a lot of positive initiatives occurring right across the country. Partnerships, of course, are one of those successful examples. If there's something missing, in our opinion, at this time, it would be the investme

Environment committee  When you have an opportunity to review a hard copy of my presentation, first of all you'll see the list of those 16 species specifically, and you'll see the authors of that study. If I understand your question correctly, you may be having some difficulty believing the magnitude

Environment committee  That's a very good question. I would--

Environment committee  The short answer is I would refer you to the authors of that paper. But to remind everybody, whether it's the low end or the high end, we are talking about very big numbers of cost to society.

Environment committee  First, may I emphasize that the top priority, in my opinion, with reference to investments from government, would be on the implementation side of the existing action plans that have been authored. They clearly identify the most effective means of successfully addressing this ver

Environment committee  If I may, I would actually use an illustration from the aquatic side, just to further illustrate.

Environment committee  As I've mentioned, on the terrestrial side, you will see, when you get a chance to read a hard copy of my presentation, some statistics specifically with reference to economic impacts on the terrestrial side. They are large. The reason I wanted to use an aquatic example is that

Environment committee  That's a great question. I referred to the Environment Canada mandate to finish off that action plan associated with terrestrial animals. Let me give you just one example: the harmful effects of mute swans on other native migratory birds. Migratory bird hunting across the country