ʻO ke Kuhina Kaiapuni a me ka Hoʻololi Climate a me ke Kuhina no Parks Canada, ʻO Catherine McKenna, ua hoʻopuka i kēia ʻōlelo ma hope o ka hanana ʻo Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) 4th Annual Paddle the Rouge event ma Rouge National Urban Park. Ua hele pū ʻo ia me ka Mea Hanohano Kathleen Wynne, Kuhina Nui o Hilo, a Janet Sumner, Luna Hoʻokele o CPAWS Wildlands League, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
“ʻOliʻoli mau wau i ke komo ʻana i ka hanana makahiki hoe hoe ka Rouge ma CPAWS ʻO Canada pāka kūlanakauhale ʻāina mua. He ala kūʻokoʻa ka hoe ʻana no nā ʻōpio a me nā ʻohana e hoʻolimalima manawa i waho a ʻike i nā mea kupanaha o ke ʻano. Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi iā CPAWS no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kēia hanana, he ala maikaʻi loa ia e ʻike ai iā Rouge National Urban Park, a ʻike iā Premier Wynne no kāna hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka Rouge. ʻOi aku ka kūikawā o ka hanana i kēia makahiki ʻoiai mākou e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka makahiki 150 o Confederation.
Loaʻa i ka Rouge kahi ʻokoʻa like ʻole o nā waiwai kūlohelohe a me ka moʻomeheu mai nā ululāʻau laha ʻole a me nā ʻāina pulu e piha ana i nā holoholona hihiu a ʻO Canada ʻāina mahiʻai waiwai loa a me kekahi o nā kahua ʻōiwi kahiko loa o ko kākou ʻāina. Pono kēlā wahi kūʻokoʻa i ka palekana kūikawā. ʻO ia ke kumu, hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana e hoʻoikaika nei kā mākou aupuni i nā pale kaiaola no ka Rouge ma o ka Bill C-18, i manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa ka Royal Assent i ka lā ʻapōpō.
E hoololi ana ka Bila C-18 i ka ʻO Rouge National Urban Park Act e hoomalu pono i na kaiaola ko'iko'i a me ka ho'oilina o ka Paka, e ho'okumu ana i ka pono kaiaola i ka hooponopono ana i ka paka, a me ka hoolako ana i ka 'oia'i'o lō'ihi no ka po'e mahi'ai o ka paka, i hiki ai ia lakou ke hoomau aku i ka lakou mau hana mahiai ko'iko'i. Lawe pū ia iā mākou i kahi ʻanuʻu kokoke i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka Rouge me ka hui pū ʻana me ke Aupuni o Hilo, ka mea i hōʻoia hou i kā lākou hoʻohiki e hoʻoili i nā ʻāina panalāʻau i koe iā Parks Canada.
I loko o hoʻokahi hola kaʻa o 20 pakeneka o ʻO Canada ka heluna kanaka a hiki i ke kaʻa ʻana o ka lehulehu, hāʻawi ka Rouge i nā manawa he nui no nā Kanada, me nā ʻōpio a me nā poʻe hou, e ʻike i waho a aʻo hou e pili ana i ko mākou kaiapuni a me ko mākou hoʻoilina.
Hauʻoli nō hoʻi au i ka Kanaka 150 Rouge Express, hoʻohana ʻia e Parkbus a kākoʻo ʻia e TD's #TDCommonGround a me MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op), e hāʻawi i kahi lawelawe manuahi mai ke kaona. Toronto i Rouge National Urban Park i kēlā me kēia pule pule a me ka hopena pule lōʻihi mai Kanaka a hiki i ka hoomaikai aku i 2017. Paipai au i nā malihini a pau e hoʻohana i kēia ala maʻalahi a pili i ke kaiapuni e hele ai i ka paka!
Ua hauʻoli loa ke Aupuni i ka hāʻawi ʻana aku i ke komo manuahi no nā malihini a pau i nā paka aupuni, nā wahi mōʻaukala, a me nā wahi mālama kai i ka makahiki 2017 e hoʻolauleʻa ai. Kanaka 150. Paipai au i nā malihini e hoʻolālā i kā lākou mau huakaʻi a ʻike i nā wahi hou a hoihoi e like me ka Rouge ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana. Pākī ʻO Canadapaena a i ʻole e hoʻoiho i ka HOU Pāka Canada Mobile App. "
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- I am also delighted that the Canada 150 Rouge Express, operated by Parkbus and sponsored by TD’s #TDCommonGround and MEC (Mountain Equipment Co-op), will be offering a free service from downtown Toronto to Rouge National Urban Park every weekend and long weekend from Canada until Thanksgiving in 2017.
- Bill C-18 will amend the Rouge National Urban Park Act to better protect the Park’s important ecosystems and heritage, prioritizing ecological integrity in the management of the park, while also providing long-term certainty for the park’s farmers, so they can continue carrying out their important agricultural activities.
- Within a one hour’s drive of 20 per cent of Canada’s population and accessible by public transit, the Rouge offers so many opportunities for Canadians, including youth and newcomers, to experience the outdoors and learn more about our environment and our heritage.
