Canada was one of the first countries in the world to introduce national initiatives for nature conservation by government and non-profit organizations. This history of conservation has led to legacy conservation projects developed in partnership between government and non-profits. Many of these projects have involved conservation infrastructure. While the federal government has made significant investments in infrastructure renewal for Parks Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Service, only modest funding has been made available to non-profit conservation organizations which share the same history of intervention on the landscape to secure conservation gains. The Green Budget Coalition recommends the creation of a fund that would help not-for-profit conservancies who have made interventions on the landscape to advance ecological outcomes and protect natural spaces to reinvest in the conservation infrastructure that has made these gains for nature possible.
Recommended Investment:
$150 million over four years [ECCC, PC]