Questions and responses 45th Parliament, 1st session May 26, 2025, to present

With regard to government recognized conservation areas: (a) are areas outside of Canada's 200-mile limit, that are within Canada's continental shelf, eligible to become conservation areas; and (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, (i) which areas are currently being analyzed for possible inclusion as a conservation area, (ii) what analysis has been done on each area, (iii) what is the timeline related to any decisions?

With regard to the Project Finance for Permanence initiatives and the $800 million announced by the Prime Minister in December 2022 to support up to four Indigenous-led conservation initiatives: (a) how much of the $800 million announced for the projects has been spent to date, in total and broken down by project; and (b) what are the details of all funding provided to date resulting from the $800 million announcement, including, for each, the (i) date, (ii) recipient organization, (iii) type of funding (grant, loan, etc.), (iv) location and amount, in square kilometers, of related protected area, broken down by land area versus water area?