Environment committee  There are marginal wetlands that have been converted to agriculture under agriculture policies aimed at quotas. If we can change some of that to recover those wetlands, they will reform very quickly and can become carbon sinks. It is similar with forests. We need to protect intac

Environment committee  I think it can work and it will work. As for the scope of the outcomes, it's a bit of a guess how far we'll get, but without a consolidation of industry, first nations, and all levels of government with the academic and NGO community, we won't get lasting solutions. I believe it

Environment committee  Proportionally, we have a lot of public land in Canada. If we're really going to have a national conservation plan that serves to protect those larger systems and larger populations of wildlife and fisheries, public lands and waters need to have proportionally more investment in

Environment committee  When we talk about all the varieties of tools that we need to conserve nature, habitat provisions in the Fisheries Act are very important. They are one of the key tools we have used, and I think we need to continue to use. With regard to the oceans, we have many tools—the Nation

Environment committee  I think there's a large component about efficiency. Energy efficiency comes in a couple of ways. The education component of energy efficiency brings people on board. As I mentioned earlier, try to engage people on issues they can understand. Work with them. They start to see th

Environment committee  I believe we need a national policy to reduce the emissions from transportation, both individual transportation and commercial transportation. It's one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the country and it's the largest urban pollution source. We need to get aggressive abo

Environment committee  I agree with what Mr. Sopuck mentioned. Our goal is to protect these systems and it requires a range of tools. Protected areas is one of them, but there are all kinds of things that we have to do to rebuild things. We have to maintain existing wetlands, while reconnecting natural

Environment committee  Yes, thanks. We believe that the large systems, as I talked about earlier—our ocean systems, the forest systems, the prairie wetlands, large river systems—that provide that core network of environmental function need to be protected on a much larger scale. We believe that in Can

Environment committee  It's been a challenge. We'll be honest. This is a big initiative. You can imagine, many jurisdictions, provincial governments, and first nations are very key in this. When the agreement was signed, there was a need to do some reconciliation with first nations to build and respec

Environment committee  We have a large focus on public engagement at the David Suzuki Foundation, with the intent of trying to lift awareness across a variety of issues. It's a process where we try to escalate the learning up the scale, because it's hard to get communities, individuals, children, or pe

Environment committee  Yes, can you hear me all right?

Environment committee  Okay, wonderful, thank you. And thank you for accommodating me online here. My name is Bill Wareham. I'm a marine conservation specialist with the David Suzuki Foundation, where I've worked for 10 years. I've worked for the past 25 years for non-governmental organizations in Ca