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l’estran et que les zosteraies ne soient pas détruites au cours des travaux d’expansion du port Roberts Bank, et ces mesures ont-elles été prises dès le début des travaux; x) des zosteraies ont-elles été détruites ou autrement touchées et des oiseaux migrateurs ont-ils été chassés de l’estran par les travaux effectués jusqu’ici en 2007 et, si c’est le cas, quels sont les impacts et quelles mesures de gestion environnementale entend-on prendre pour réduire au minimum la perte de zosteraies et le déplacement d’oiseaux migrateurs; y) a-t-on entrepris des études ou tenu compte des incidences que l’élevage des testacés dont il est q
...[+++]uestion dans l’Accord définitif Tsawwassen aura sur les oiseaux aquatiques migrateurs et, si c’est le cas, lesquelles a-t-on étudiées; z) le Service canadien de la faune et Environnement Canada ont-ils étudié l’opportunité de remblayer l’estran entre la jetée du terminus du traversier de Tsawwassen et celle du port Roberts Bank et, si c’est le cas, quel serait l’impact de ces travaux sur les habitats du poisson et de la faune? ...Question No. 63 Mr. John Cummin
s: With regard to the expansion of the Roberts Bank Port Facility to include a third berth and a second terminal as per the Tsawwassen Final Agreement and related Side-Agreements, the Memorandum of Agreement between the Tsawwassen Band and the Vancouver Port Authority, and the related Settlement Agreement between the Tsawwassen Band, Canada, British Columbia (B.C.), Vancouver Port Authority, B.C. Ferry Services, B.C. Rail Ltd and B.C. Transportation and Financing Authority: (a) how many acres (or hectares) of farm land will be used for Roberts Bank port and rail related developments now underway or under st
...[+++]udy; (b) with the completion of the Roberts Bank port expansion, including both the third berth and second terminal, what plans, if any, are there to use the Brunswick Point farmlands; (c) is the affected Roberts Bank farmland presently protected by the B.C. Agricultural Land Reserve designation; (d) does the Tsawwassen Final Agreement address the issue of farmland protection and if so, how; (e) will the farmland continue to be protected by the Agricultural Land Reserve designation following ratification of the Tsawwassen Final Agreement and, if not, why; (f) did the Vancouver Port Authority undertake to work jointly with the Tsawwassen Band to ensure the removal of the Agricultural Land Reserve designation from the farmland and, if so, why and what alternate measures did it put in place to protect farmland adjacent to the Roberts Bank port, rail and highway expansion; (g) did the Vancouver Port Authority agree to jointly develop with the Tsawwassen Band a container handling facility on the farmland protected by the B.C. Agricultural Land Reserve designation and, if so, why did the Vancouver Port Authority enter into such an agreement rather than develop container handling facilities further inland in a less environmentally sensitive area; (h) did the Vancouver Port Authority agree that the land would be leased at lease rates ...
