Parks Canada Agency: Appearance before the Standing Committee – May 3, 2022

National Marine Conservation Areas establishment

Q1. What is the current status of protection of Canada’s marine areas?

Q2. How will Canada contribute to the achievement of the Government of Canada’s marine conservation target commitment to protect 25% of Canada’s marine areas by 2025 and 30% by 2030?

Q3. How does Canada support the participation of Indigenous peoples in marine conservation?

Q4. How are national marine conservation areas protected?

National park establishment and expansion

Q1. What is the current status of protection of terrestrial areas in Canada?

Q2. How will Parks Canada contribute to the achievement of the GC target to conserve 25% of Canada’s land by 2025 and 30% by 2030?

Q3. Can we realistically achieve our National Parks target by 2025?

Q4. How does Canada support Indigenous stewardship of the lands within protected areas?

National Urban Park Program

Q1. What work has been done so far to achieve the commitment of creating 15 new national urban parks, one in each province and territory, by 2030?

Q2. What are the benefits of urban parks?

Protection of federally owned historic places

Q1. When will the Government introduce legislation to protect historic places in Parliament?

Q2. How will legislation to protect federally-owned historic places advance Reconciliation?

Trails tourism

Q1. The tourism sector has suffered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. What is the government’s plan to advance trails tourism in Canada?

Trans Canada Trail

Q1. Will the Government continue to support the Trans Canada Trail as expressed in Minister Guilbeault’s mandate letter?

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