Environment committee  I recommend that the current committee recommend to the government that implementing strong endangered species legislation is the best medium-term way for the federal government to improve habitat conservation efforts in Canada at the present time.

Environment committee  Regarding science?

Environment committee  I would make a two-part recommendation specifically regarding environmental legislation, such as what we are considering here: first that the scientific information that is used be clearly separated from the policy that flows from it, so that citizens can see how the science is b

Environment committee  I am not.

Environment committee  You won't be surprised to hear that there's no way I could comment on that without looking at the Environmental Enforcement Act and those amendments that were made to it.

Environment committee  I think that it's impossible to create a recovery strategy without identifying critical habitat. It does also say with the “best available information” in paragraph 41(1)(c), and I think that's what the recovery teams have been striving to do.

Environment committee  Complaints by whom?

Environment committee  I know members of the recovery teams and I know that it's a difficult problem, but as I said, it makes no sense to write a recovery strategy without identifying critical habitat.

Environment committee  Well, I'm not an expert in international affairs. I'm also not an expert in taxation and economics, but those sorts of approaches make prima facie sense superficially because there seems to be very little red tape, very few start-up costs. When you talk to people, they seem like

Environment committee  Of course I think those 3,000 jobs are important. I think the current instantiation of SARA allows for a regulatory impact assessment statement. I don't believe the goshawk population has actually been officially listed. You can correct me if I'm wrong.

Environment committee  I don't think I would be here today if I didn't feel like I could understand what I was saying. I think we should be clear, first of all, that the goshawk population you're talking about has not been listed. There are provisions in SARA for it not to be listed. The federal gove

Environment committee  I think we'd have to sit down and talk a little bit about the details. The federal government doesn't have to do anything, actually, after a species is listed. They only have to come up with a recovery strategy and an action plan. That action plan doesn't even have to be implemen

Environment committee  Do I suggest that the migratory bird act be fully implemented?

Environment committee  Are you going to tell me that the Migratory Birds Convention Act is not fully implemented?

Environment committee  Can you refresh me on the goshawk?