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Canadians To Weigh In On National Roundtable On Parks Canada

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By NPT Staff - December 20th, 2022
Dawson City's famous "Kissing Buildings" on Third Avenue are part of the Klondike National Historic Site in the Yukon.

Dawson City's famous "Kissing Buildings" on Third Avenue are part of the Klondike National Historic Site in the Yukon/Jennifer Bain

The 2023 Minister's Round Table on Parks Canada is slated to run in January and February so that all Canadians can weigh in on how the federal agency is doing and discuss the future of national heritage places.

“National historic sites, parks and marine conservation areas are valued by all Canadians and are an important part of responding to the challenges of climate change and declining biodiversity,” Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, said in a news release.

People are increasingly turning to natural and cultural heritage places to connect with nature and learn about history. For the last biennial roundtable in October 2020, more than 13,000 people provided feedback. The government report was published Apr. 15, 2021.

This roundtable one will focus on five themes:

• Strengthening accessibility: Ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to meaningfully experience national heritage places in Canada.

• Indigenous stewardship of protected heritage places: Advancing Indigenous leadership in natural and cultural heritage conservation.

• Ecological corridors: Connecting protected and conserved places in ways that weave Indigenous knowledge into these efforts and all other aspects of its work.

• Parks Canada and tourism recovery: Parks Canada’s role in the recovery and growth of Canada’s tourism sector.

• Greening Parks Canada operations: Achieving net zero emissions.

Summer visitors take part in Indigenous programming at Kouchibouguac National Park in New Brunswick.

Summer visitors take part in Indigenous programming at Kouchibouguac National Park in New Brunswick/Jennifer Bain

Throughout January and early February, Indigenous peoples and everyone living in Canada (including youth and newcomers) will be invited to share their views through an online consultation platform, over social media and in stakeholder engagement sessions. Updates on how to participate will be shared on Parks Canada’s social media channels and on letstalkparkscanada.ca.

Parks Canada protects a vast network of natural and cultural heritage places that includes 171 national historic sites, 47 national parks, five national marine conservation areas and one national urban park.

The Parks Canada Agency Act requires the minister responsible for Parks Canada to allow all peoples living in Canada to provide feedback on the federal agency's responsibilities. The minister has 180 days to respond to the recommendations of the consultations.

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