Translation of "Régie de la tenure à bail dans les parcs nationaux " (French → English) :

National Parks Leasehold Corporation

Our second concern is that Bill C-27 seems to be setting up a situation where the federal government can unilaterally expropriate privately held leaseholds within national parks without compensation.

Question No. 654 Hon. John McKay: With regard to the proposed Rouge National Urban Park (RNUP): (a) how does the RNUP legislation and strategic plan incorporate the ecological integrity, water quality and quantity, and habitat restoration goals and priorities of (i) the Provincial Greenbelt Plan, (ii) the Rouge North Management Plan Section 4.1.1.2, (iii) the 2007 Rouge River Watershed Strategy and its targeted natural heritage system, (iv) the Little Rouge Corridor Management Plan (2007), (v) the Rouge Park Natural Heritage Action Plan (2008), (vi) the Toronto Great Lakes Area of Concern remedial action plan for Toronto, (vii) the feder ...[+++]al report “How Much Habitat is Enough” and the recommendation of more than 30% forest cover and 10% wetland cover per watershed, (viii) the National Parks Act, (ix) the Ontario Provincial Parks Act, (x) the draft Rouge River Watershed Fisheries Management Plan (2011), (xi) the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, (xii) the Endangered Species Act, (xiii) other relevant provincial, municipal and federal legislation; (b) how has the government addressed the issues raised in the unanimous November 2012 City of Toronto Motion on RNUP; (c) why has the promised RNUP “Transition Advisory Committee” not been created, (i) what is the updated timetable for the creation of this committee, (ii) what individuals or entities will comprise the advisory committee, (iii) what mandate will the advisory committee be given; (d) what steps have Environment Canada, Parks Canada and the government taken to assess the water quality, biodiversity, migratory fisheries, climatic, flood and erosion control, public health and ecological service benefits of restoring the majority of the public lands in Rouge Park to forest, wetland and meadow vegetation; (e) will the federally-owned and provincially-designated Greenbelt “Natural Heritage System” and Oak Ridges Moraine lands in north Pickering be included as part of the RNUP Study Area; (f) will the “Federal ...

1. Remission is granted of the amount set out in section 2 to every person who holds a leasehold interest in a public land that is situated in a national park set out in Schedule I to the National Parks Act if the amount of rent payable in respect of that land has been or is due to be fixed in the year 2000 for a ten-year period beginning in that year, in accordance with the terms of the applicable lease and the National Parks Leas ...[+++]e and Licence of Occupation Regulations (1991).

3. Remission is hereby granted of the amount set out in section 4 to every person who has a leasehold interest in public lands that are situated in a national park set out in Schedule I to the Canada National Parks Act if the amount of rent payable in respect of those lands has been or is due to be fixed in the year 2000 for a two-year period beginning in that year, in accordance with the terms of the applicable lease and the Natio ...[+++]nal Parks Lease and Licence of Occupation Regulations (1991).