Environment committee  Are you asking what affects habitats and what makes them less useful?

Environment committee  A number of factors can lead to habitat degradation, the first being outright habitat destruction. If a habitat is being used for something other than its intended purpose and it is changed, it can be almost destroyed. A habitat can be degraded in a number of ways, such as pesti

Environment committee  Any kind of development can degrade a habitat. Even farming operations can lead to habitat degradation. A natural habitat exists prior to the arrival of humans. Once humans start using a habitat, its quality becomes affected. Every time humans are introduced into a habitat—be it

Environment committee  I couldn't answer that because we haven't considered the issue. I don't know whether Bob can answer you.

Environment committee  Urbanization and farming are important factors.

Environment committee  Once again, we have not looked into that aspect, but it's clear that climate change has repercussions on all habitats. It leads to all sorts of changes, such as the amount and timing of rainfall. All climate change has an impact on all habitats, including ours.

Environment committee  According to our report on migratory birds, insectivores—birds that feed on insects—have experienced a major population decline ranging from 40% to 60%. Scientists have a theory on this phenomenon. According to them, when migratory birds return to Canada, the insects are not yet

Environment committee  I am not a scientist. That question should be put to scientists. I don't know whether Environment Canada's scientists have done any work on that.

Environment committee  We didn't audit any of this. Bob McLean already indicated that a lot of what you're talking about would be at the provincial level. Some of it would even be municipal. What Bob didn't talk about as much was the federal levers in terms of legislation that they have at their dispos

Environment committee  He is the guy. He said for decades.... You've got the guy. This man needs to be commended for his incredible tenure in wildlife service. You've got the guy.

Environment committee  It hasn't gone through an official audit, but it would probably be an official substantiation document, in my opinion.

Environment committee  Are you asking why it's relevant to my work?

Environment committee  I think what we were thinking of when we were bringing it to the attention of the committee was that you were doing a study on hunting and trapping. Our chapter in our biodiversity report of 2013 focused only on migratory birds, but it didn't focus on the full extent of hunting a

Environment committee  Yes, I guess so. The commissioner of the environment and sustainable development's definition of sustainable development is actually quite broad. People are engaged in conservation, be it the hunters and trappers, but you'll see a lot of other people engaged in conservation of na

Environment committee  It's very clear that the people who participate in hunting and trapping through the North American waterfowl management plan have made a positive impact on those populations.