Environment committee  The national urban parks program has three goals. One is for the conservation, to protect important ecological areas in Canada. There is a lot of biodiversity in southern Canada in these urban areas, so that is very important. The second one is to connect Canadians to nature and

Environment committee  In my opinion, there are several advantages to that. Canada is very proud of Parks Canada. We have the numbers to prove the economic benefits for our parks. I think our urban park systems add a lot to the local economy, while protecting biodiversity, which is very important. Of

Environment committee  That's correct. We're consulting on it now.

Environment committee  Yes, of course, and we do commend all the work you have done. We share the same goal. This is a different process, and ultimately we will implement the direction of the government.

Environment committee  We would be looking at.... The bill proposes to establish this park under the Canada National Parks Act. Our consideration of legislation may be specific national urban parks legislation. That's the difference.

Environment committee  We've signed an MOU. We hope to have that permanently protected, probably in the spring of 2023. We're working through the deal for that right now.

Environment committee  That is the intention, yes.

Environment committee  That commitment has been made, yes.

Environment committee  We are in the process.... There are some land swaps that have to occur to make that happen. We are on track. We are hoping to have that completed and that land protected by March of 2023. That's what we're targeting.

Environment committee  Yes. That's why we have the partnership table, with those partners at the table, in order to work through some of these issues. As my colleague has stated, liabilities in these types of things tend to get worked out in the negotiation time ahead of the formal establishment, so

Environment committee  In the establishment of protected areas, we start normally with the feasibility process, where everybody is invited to the table and given the opportunity to examine whether they're interested in it.

Environment committee  If everybody agrees to that, we move to the planning and the negotiations part. That's where we resolve. There could be licences or title issues, or we may need to do surveys, etc. We set the boundary in that stage. Once we have all agreed to that and we have all the proper agree

Environment committee  Right now, it's just the Rouge, and that is why we're moving forward with a policy approach. It's in order to determine the way to do this. It's not normal to legislate each park individually, so at some point, if we want to consider legislation.... Again, it's not required to na

Environment committee  I'm sorry. I'm not sure I understand the question.

Environment committee  Yes.