Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Sure. We believe it's in everyone's interest to ensure better protection for nature, which is currently under the existing management frameworks that apply to the Rouge. Regretfully, we don't believe this is the case either under Bill C-40 or the management plan. Our concern is

Environment committee  Yes. I would say it is the failure to clearly identify and prioritize the conservation of nature in both the draft management plan and the bill.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Well, I would say it's the absence of any clear language in that management plan that explicitly identifies ecological health or ecological integrity of the overarching—

Environment committee  Then I'll reframe it. I would say it's the absence of any reference—

Environment committee  Well, the failure to identify and clearly prioritize ecological—

Environment committee  Yes, definitely. We have the world class-renowned greenbelt, 1.8 million acres in size, in which farmers and environmentalists have come together. We have found that this area is producing $9 billion in market sales. In addition to that, it's producing an additional over $2 billi

Environment committee  The David Suzuki Foundation supports the current boundaries of Rouge national urban park that have been proposed in the bill. We'd like to see greater stewardship of the surrounding watershed through such things as the creation of an urban farmland reserve and the expansion and s

Environment committee  I would say that the biggest threat to maintaining ecological health in the park is what is happening outside of the park in terms of the greater watershed. In 2008 the David Suzuki Foundation did a comprehensive satellite analysis looking at the loss of prime agricultural land a

Environment committee  Yes, hello. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to share with the committee recommendations by the David Suzuki Foundation for Bill C-40, An Act respecting the Rouge National Urban Park. My name is Faisal Moola. I'm the director general for Ontari

Environment committee  Last year Canada passed a very auspicious milestone, which was the 100-year anniversary of Parks Canada and our internationally renowned parks system. We've had many decades of science to look at the creation of our national parks system and at how to most effectively protect bio

Environment committee  Thank you very much for the question. Agriculture is a very key component to the heritage and the future of the new national park. About 60% of the national park is made up of agriculture. We would like to see agriculture shift to a more sustainable model so that the farming co

Environment committee  Thank you, Committee Chair Mark Warawa and members of the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. My name is Dr. Faisal Moola. I am director general for the David Suzuki Foundation. I'm also an adjunct professor of forestry at the University of Toronto. T