Environment committee  No.

Environment committee  At the risk of repeating myself, the primary reason has to do with the voice that hunters and trappers provide for conservation. They not only speak about the sustainability of the harvest, which I've mentioned already, but also are, I think, really an important voice for the nee

Environment committee  On the harvest side of the equation, they certainly have been a voice for reducing harvest where they're finding it becoming more difficult to obtain the species they're either hunting, trapping, or fishing for. With respect to harvest management, they go one step further as well

Environment committee  I'd have to get back to the committee with the answer to that question.

Environment committee  Thank you for your question and I'll take a stab at it. I think it is about the fundamental question around biodiversity conservation and in some ways my answer—and I hope it doesn't get too technical—relates a little to earlier questioning around climate change. I was respon

Environment committee  I think there are several ways the federal government could contribute constructively into those processes that are being led by provinces and territories. One is information. If we have good information coming from a recovery strategy, coming from one of our bird conservation re

Environment committee  There are a few other projects I didn't mention previously. The Squamish River Watershed Society is implementing a Squamish central estuary wetland restoration project. That's in B.C., on the Pacific coast. We've already mentioned the North American waterfowl management plan. T

Environment committee  It's okay, you can call me Bob for sure.

Environment committee  That's a very generous—I'm sure too generous—comment, but thank you very much. I appreciate that. I think it's a multipronged approach. With respect to habitat, just as with biodiversity itself, it's important to keep a diversity of tools to achieve the outcomes. I think governm

Environment committee  It's the willingness of the landowner. If the landowner buys in, it's almost a certainty we're going to get the result. The real key is to monitor those agreements, because when landownership changes, one might get a different land management philosophy, and then I think it's imp

Environment committee  It is fresh money for new activities. The national conservation plan included the $50 million for the wetlands conservation fund that we mentioned already, and an additional $50 million for the habitat stewardship fund and the aboriginal fund for species at risk. What we've done

Environment committee  The Nature Conservancy is the recipient of the $22.5 million for the program called the natural areas conservation program.

Environment committee  The numbers that I relayed to you a moment ago relate to five-year totals. The $252 million is the five-year total.

Environment committee  It's in the other programs that I just mentioned. The natural areas program is highlighted because it's a grant. Most of the rest of the funding is flowed through contributions, and that's where the bulk of it would be—the habitat stewardship program, aboriginal funds—

Environment committee  I'd want to look at the line item to make sure that I'm answering your question correctly.