Environment committee  It is difficult to answer that question because I am not familiar with that particular site. So I cannot tell you which technical solution will be required. On the other hand, it is clear that longstanding problems are going to have to be resolved.

Environment committee  That is exactly the purpose of the standard that is currently being drafted. Originally the organization responsible for this was the SERA but it is now called the Cornerstone Standards Council. The intent is to designate areas where there should be no activity whatsoever and to

Environment committee  Absolutely, because for us it's a critical part of our licence to operate. If we don't manage lands correctly, it will be very difficult for us to move forward either with our current operations or with our future operations. So it's a critical element for us to deal with biodive

Environment committee  Yes, I believe so.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  Reg can help me on the peat assessment, but I can give you an example from my sector. Right now, on the aggregate side, we're working with Environmental Defence and other NGOs at developing a standard, which I mentioned in my presentation, on aggregate extraction. We're even try

Environment committee  Absolutely, and the more you engage with NGOs, academia, and so on, the more you learn, and you can stay ahead of regulations most of the time.

Environment committee  It is difficult to say, especially when you are working in urban areas. Often businesses will have their idea of how to redevelop a site but the city will have a completely different idea. We also have a quarry in Laval but it is still a working quarry. We have already started wo

Environment committee  We are just in the process of drawing up that declaration. I don't remember exactly how many points it contains. I believe there are about a dozen. In order to become full-fledged members of the CBBC, businesses have to sign that declaration. At first, we did not want that to pre

Environment committee  That is one of the issues we discussed with NGOs last week. Our sites often contain areas that have not been exploited yet. We would like to use those areas, that will eventually be used for extraction, as laboratories. We would like to do tests in order to determine whether or n

Environment committee  Streamline, you're talking about the biodiversity now or—

Environment committee  Well, obviously, we represent a wide variety of businesses. There are extractives. There are companies that are in the agricultural sector. There are companies like ours that do not have a direct impact on biodiversity, it's more through our land holdings—

Environment committee  I'll let Reg answer the question on Ducks Unlimited because he has worked a lot with them.

Environment committee  I'm going to give you a business perspective, in particular that of the CBBC members. We are all experts in our own area but we're not necessarily biodiversity experts. It is difficult for us to find the best practices in the right areas and make appropriate efforts. The governm

Environment committee  I would like to start by putting the numbers in context. I provided two numbers: 79% of respondents felt that there was insufficient data and 84% of respondents felt that the quality of information was insufficient. I will use my company as an example because of course that is w