Ottawa promises to protect national parks

March 24, 2000
Source: CBC
Original story - link verified on August 21, 2000

Heritage Minister Sheila Copps has praised a task force report that says Canada's national parks are being ruined by too much development and too many people. She said the report released Thursday by a government appointed panel of 11 experts will be taken seriously. Copps said there will be no more developments such as ski-hills and golf courses. The report said Canada is mismanaging its 39 national parks. The Panel on the Ecological Integrity of Canada's National Parks, said the parks are almost at a crisis point and puts the blame squarely on the shoulders of Parks Canada.

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