Environment committee  I think what we're seeing is the beginning of a process to protect areas that previously haven't been accessible. An example I would mention is the protected area strategy in the Northwest Territories, where development is beginning to happen, but in concert with development is a

Environment committee  The investment Environment Canada makes in its protected areas system is larger now than it was, say, 10 years ago, in my career. The funding to which you refer is driven by the level of service that we need to provide to people in the protected areas you're talking about. It is

Environment committee  I have to get my calculator out.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Characterize that as contributing to...?

Environment committee  Yes, it's action in protecting.

Environment committee  Thank you. We've invested a significant amount of funding through the habitat stewardship program and the aboriginal fund for species at risk. We have 2,400 projects on the ground through the first program, and another nearly 800 projects through the aboriginal fund for species

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Thank you, Chris. The ecosystem stresses that you described, that the commissioner described, in fact fall to no single department or agency or one level of government to address, if we're going to successfully deal with those as a country. I think it comes back to how we come

Environment committee  Thank you for your question. Unfortunately, we aren't in a position to give you a timeline.

Environment committee  Thank you. There are several reasons why we're not meeting deadlines associated with the recovery strategies under species at risk, our management plans for our protected areas, or the bird conservation region strategies. I think the most common reason across those three progra

Environment committee  Thank you, Chair, and good morning. I welcome this opportunity to speak today on the important study that your committee is planning on undertaking on the issue of hunting and trapping. As a party to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Canada is committed to the conservatio

Environment committee  Yes, sorry.