Environment committee  I would say that they reflect the general interest in conservation objectives that we hear about at the regional and local levels, as Philippe said. Certainly opportunities have been identified by groups such that this can contribute to the reconciliation agenda of the government

Environment committee  Yes. Just to clarify, the plans you're referring to are broader than just for marine conservation. The plans that first nations in British Columbia and the Province of B.C. developed were more of a marine spatial planning exercise, which includes a layer of conservation to it, b

Environment committee  To elaborate a bit on your question on how we go about establishing marine protected areas, in Sue's opening remarks she referred to broad policy frameworks that were established. For marine protected areas, that was in 2011, where the Canadian council of fisheries and aquacultur

Environment committee  I'll try to answer the first part of the question, with regard to the management monitoring and reporting, especially on ecological integrity. As Kevin Stringer explained in his speech, our objectives under the Oceans Act for MPAs, for example, are slightly different. We don't

Environment committee  Just with regard to the question from the member in terms of increasing the intensity of effort, there obviously has been ongoing dialogue in terms of the establishment of that particular MPA, and part of the dialogue is related to not only the question of intensity of effort but