Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Member has indicated, the filing of the EIS is another important milestone for the pipeline project, and we've always said that it is important and this is why we support the Protected Areas Strategy currently, financially and in support to the secretariat. But it's important to have protected areas established and we're working toward doing that. This is a three-way partnership with some ENGOs and the federal government. We are trying to find the money in our government to fund our portion of the Protected Areas Strategy -- I think it's $1.5 million over five years -- and I've set out a plan and I'm going before FMBS with a submission very shortly to make the case that we need to find that money. We're also, obviously, waiting on the federal government to commit their full funding underneath the Protected Areas Strategy, and to date they haven't done that. We've always said that we would come to the table with our money when the federal government was fully committed. At this point we're sensing some urgency and we're not sure we can wait until the federal government has identified all of their funds. So we will have that discussion as a Cabinet very shortly, but obviously there is a requirement for the federal government to step to the plate with the lion's share of the money. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 298-15(3): Status Of The Protected Areas Strategy
In the Legislative Assembly on October 25th, 2004. See this statement in context.
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Question 298-15(3): Status Of The Protected Areas Strategy
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 24th, 2004
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