RECOMMENDATION

His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act to establish the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park and to make a consequential amendment to another Act''.

SUMMARY

This enactment creates the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park and sets out the role of the Government of Canada with respect to managing the park in conjunction with the Government of Quebec. This enactment implements the 1990 federal-provincial agreement respect ing the park and deals with the water column within the park boundaries. The Province of Quebec enacted legislation respecting the seabed and the sub-soil resources. The main points in this enactment are

    (a) provisions dealing with joint management of the park, including the creation of committees for that purpose;

    (b) the drawing up and tabling in Parliament of management plans;

    (c) the procedure to be used for changing park boundaries;

    (d) the protection of ecosystems and the safety of park visitors; and

    (e) penalty provisions.