Environment committee  As you are aware, we received funding in budget 2021 for up to six new national parks, and there is a commitment for more to come. We have seven projects under way, right now, coast to coast. In several of those places, we have established partner committees that are now actively

Environment committee  We are working with partners on the national adaptation strategy. Parks Canada signed an international joint statement, which was presented at COP26. It acknowledges protected areas as nature-based solutions to climate adaptation. We've done analysis within Parks Canada, and we k

Environment committee  We do a number of different works and studies. Parks Canada is currently developing a carbon atlas series that looks at mapping carbon stores across our places. That will help us in the management moving forward. We also have a climate adaptation framework. That's been done in c

Environment committee  In terms of restoration, I can share that we're investing over $10 million a year in ecological restoration projects. The priority of those projects is informed by the monitoring program. Where we know ecosystems are under particular stress, that is where we prioritize projects.

Environment committee  Thank you very much. Last August, we launched the national urban parks program. We're concurrently developing the policy while we have assigned currently six collaborative agreements with municipalities and indigenous communities in a variety of locations, one of them being in t

Environment committee  Yes. Thank you. We have $130.9 million for the next five years to work on the establishment of six national urban parks. That will be mainly for feasibility studies and support for partners to work with us and to get those parks to establishment. There is some limited money for

Environment committee  As is noted, the Government of Canada committed to expanding Canadians' access to nature by creating a system of national urban parks. Those will have positive benefits for biodiversity, climate, connecting people to nature, reconciliation, and equitability as well. There are a n

Environment committee  Thanks, Ron. Parks Canada has made significant contributions to protected areas. In fact, we protect 3.53% of the 12.1% protected for terrestrial. That's the largest federal contribution—we make up 75% of the federal contribution—and the largest contribution of any organization.

Environment committee  Sure, I can continue. There are three other things that are really important in terms of protected areas and they have to do with their management. We have a program investing about $15 million a year in projects for conservation and restoration. We're targeting 92% of our pla

Environment committee  Hi, everyone. Thanks very much for the question. It's Darlene Upton with Parks Canada. Parks Canada remains committed to the management of the mountain pine beetle. We're working closely with the Government of Alberta, Natural Resources Canada, multiple governments and stakehold

Environment committee  Thanks for the question. I'm the vice-president of protected areas establishment and conservation with Parks Canada. I can start, and perhaps my colleagues might have something to add as well. A few things are happening now. A number of conferences have been postponed. The Worl

Environment committee  That work is beginning now but as I mentioned, Parks Canada is working in collaboration with Environment Canada and Natural Resources Canada to look at developing that plan.

Environment committee  Parks Canada is not the lead for that program. However, we're working with our colleagues at NRCan and Environment who play a role. We will be determining what contribution Parks Canada can make in terms of planting.

Environment committee  There is the Indigenous Leadership Initiative, which is something that they may want to connect with. This initiative is supporting about 25 IPCAs, indigenous protected and conserved areas, that received funding recently to explore. That's one avenue they may want to look at. We

Environment committee  It just really varies by initiative. Obviously, many of the projects we looked at require indigenous support. We view these as opportunities. There may be private sector interests or mineral interests that need to be looked at. These are things that are not necessarily roadblock