Agriculture committee  We have certainly learned more about the value of wetlands over time, but I think the short answer to your question is that more work definitely needs to be done. There are economic values associated with carbon capture, with water retention [Technical difficulty—Editor] ecolog

Agriculture committee  Thanks for your question. I know that area very well; I used to live in Barrie, Ontario. The challenge with protecting wetlands, of course, is to know where they are to classify them and to afford some degree of protection. You're absolutely right that land management falls u

Agriculture committee  They are.

Agriculture committee  I don't work daily in Atlantic Canada, but from what I understand from our Atlantic team, the partnership has been strong. There's been tremendous clarity. Generally speaking, farmers are very strong environmental stewards. They're very close to the land, they own the land, the

Agriculture committee  We have developed a fact sheet that I can certainly provide to the committee, if you would like a copy of it. There's no problem with that. I think the important and distinguishing feature is that existing habitats are mature habitats and they sequester carbon and hold carbon. T

Agriculture committee  I think we've covered some of the recommendations in our document, but certainly bringing forward a solid number of BMPs that incentivize conservation on the working landscapes is one that we would recommend for the next agricultural policy framework for Canada. You mentioned th

Agriculture committee  I'd be delighted to. An elevated level of wetland protection policies is in place in Atlantic Canada. Frankly, we think some great leadership is being shown in protecting the base of habitat on the landscape in Atlantic Canada. There is a policy in place that protects existing h

Agriculture committee  Are there other partnerships where we...?

Agriculture committee  The obvious one closest to Ottawa would be the one in your riding at our Atocas Bay project. We allow cattle grazing. We fenced off ecologically sensitive areas on the property. Certainly we have a very strong operational partnership on that property with that particular farmer.

Agriculture committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for inviting Ducks Unlimited Canada to contribute to this very important study as the government develops the next agricultural policy framework for Canada. We believe that the next framework should continue to sup

Environment committee  We would agree that it depends on the park that you're talking about. There are certainly opportunities in the north that perhaps would be categorized as low-hanging fruit because they're not in a settled or developed landscape. It really depends on the geography you're talking a

Environment committee  We do collaborate extensively on conservation issues. Certainly, we have a long-standing partnership with groups like Nature Canada and the Nature Conservancy. I'm not sure I fully understood the second part of your question in terms of the percentages.

Environment committee  As I said before, if you were to take all of the privately conserved lands that are not currently accounted for or included in the national tracking, I think we're at about 10% or 11% towards the 17% goal and it would add another 1% to the sum total of lands conserved in Canada.

Environment committee  That's all privately conserved lands.

Environment committee  Thank you. As I said in our remarks, we believe the opportunity is to capture the privately conserved lands and include them in the national tracking, or in the national database. If all the privately conserved lands were included, it would add at least another 1% to the grand s