Minister's Corner

Public Landholders Working Together Towards a Land Transfer for Rouge National Urban Park

Parks Canada CEO Alan Latourelle, right, walks near the marsh bordering the new Rouge National Park with park superintendant Pam Veinotte, in Scarborough, June 25, 2012.
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TORONTO, Ontario, June 25, 2012 -- The Honourable Peter Kent, Canada’s Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, is pleased with the level of collaboration by the public landholders expressing their commitment to work together toward a recommendation on park boundaries, and subsequent land transfer processes, for the creation of Rouge National Urban Park.

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Rouge National Urban Park Initiative