Environment committee  I think you're referring to the pilot project. That's being led by Environment and Climate Change Canada. To Michael's point, Parks Canada has had a number of guardian programs operating for upwards of 20 years in certain parks. It's a model that we know works really well to rec

Environment committee  That's the call to action we're specifically responsible for, but a number of the initiatives and the way in which the agency works with indigenous communities are supporting a number of the principles in the calls to action.

Environment committee  We have legislative protection. In particular, in that place we have that piece of legislation that helps define our role, and then as a federal department we work with the impact assessment agencies, so any projects that move forward would be going through environmental assessme

Environment committee  It would depend on the legislation, on what that particular impact might be and our ability to demonstrate actual impacts. It's going to depend.

Environment committee  For both the terrestrial and the marine environment, Parks Canada has a systems plan whereby we've divided the country. For marine conservation, we have 29 natural regions. The mandate of the agency is to have a representative placed in each of those regions. The first thing we

Environment committee  The southern Strait of Georgia has been a bit of a long-standing project, and some of these are like that. We're currently in conversations with many of the first nations communities. One of the challenges and opportunities on the southern Strait Of Georgia is there is 19 indigen

Environment committee  Thank you for your question. I'll do my best to answer in the language in which it was asked. Under our administration, ecological integrity is our number one priority. What that means is, when we create things like visitor programs, our first consideration is their impact on ec

Environment committee  Parks Canada has a National Marine Conservation Areas Act. Although the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is the lead federal department for reporting on the percentage of protected areas, Parks Canada has its own legislation and establishes national marine conservation areas.

Environment committee  No, we are not involved directly. There may be overlaps from time to time with some of our sites, such as Wood Buffalo, but we're not directly involved in the designation.

Environment committee  Thanks, Andrew. Thanks, everyone. The agency will actively assist in meeting the goal of protecting biodiversity and conserving 25% of Canada's land and 25% of Canada's oceans by 2025. In collaboration with indigenous partners, stakeholders and other levels of government, we're

Natural Resources committee  I would say that the first real priority or objective with the controlled burn is really about returning that forest stand to a more natural...the rejuvenation of the forest and bringing it back to an equilibrium, in which you have a proper mixed forest with mixed-age stands. It'

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  I'm not an expert in this field. In some cases, like with the emerald ash borer, a significant effort goes into managing that species, with results, but I'm not an expert on this.

Natural Resources committee  We have a very good budget for our efforts. As I mentioned, in Jasper alone, we had 1.8 million dollars' worth of effort related to the mountain pine beetle. Each park has active monitoring programs, resource conservation staff, biologists. Every park in sight has relationships,

Natural Resources committee  Perfect.