Finance committee  We're currently at $1 million per year.

Finance committee  This government has a very ambitious environmental agenda from things like at DFO the 5% marine protected areas by the end of 2017 and 10% by the end of 2020. We have some ambitious development goals. Certainly we've seen the issue of the LNG terminal recently and pipelines that

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the committee for inviting us to speak here today. My name is Peter Kendall. I'm the executive director of Earth Rangers. Earth Rangers is the largest conservation group by membership in the country. We have over 140,000 members. We're als

Environment committee  There are two things on that. First, we fund a lot of the ENGOs' work on building conservation capacity in first nation communities. I think that kind of work is very vital. On the Earth Rangers side, I think our role can be to help children and families understand better the

Environment committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. As you know, my name is Peter Kendall. I am the executive director of Earth Rangers and the Schad Foundation. I really appreciate the opportunity to appear before you here today and your hard work on this important topic. To provide some context for my r

Environment committee  I don't think much needs to be done in this area. There is lots of great information out there already on best practices, and it's difficult to segment it and bring it all into one spot. I just look at our own site. We operate one of the most energy efficient buildings in the w

Environment committee  I guess it would be to work with the provinces and municipalities, where appropriate, on raising the bar on energy efficiency standards in transportation, in buildings, and in land planning.

Environment committee  I don't know that I know enough about the city to comment on that.

Environment committee  I think it's a good idea. If we're talking about urban conservation as more than just setting aside land, as how we interact with the environment in all aspects of our lives, then it's a great example.

Environment committee  I'm not sure how you'd do that practically, but it certainly doesn't hurt.

Environment committee  In thinking about the question, I would try to think that if you could only do one thing, what would you do? There was some talk earlier of funding for energy efficiency programs. The scale of the problem is so large that any funding program is only going to make a tiny dent. Whe

Environment committee  One of the really neat things was that a letter came in a couple of weeks ago from a girl in Manitoba. One of our projects last year was around the plains bison. She had raised some money for that project in her school. Then, as a summer holiday, she and her family had gone to...

Environment committee  They went to see the herd they helped to protect. It was a great experience for the child and the family. Doing a project in an urban area like the Rouge would provide a great opportunity for the kids to actually see the projects they are helping out with.

Environment committee  In answer to the first question, this came out of the large study we did with kids. At the time, our program was called the Power of One. It was all about small actions aggregating to make a big difference. What the kids told us was that they understood that, but they wanted to h

Environment committee  This is our Bring Back the Wild program, which, as I said, came out of that large research study we did where kids were telling us they wanted to have more of a direct impact on helping animals. Through that study as well, actually, 53% of them came up with fundraising as one of