After years of campaigning by members of the Rouge Park Alliance, environmentalists, and local politicians, the federal government announced during the May 4 throne speech that Rouge Park is to become Canada's first national urban park.

"All Canadians should be proud of our national park system, and to have them running this park here would be good for the people here and good for Parks Canada," said Alan Wells, Chair of the Rouge Park Alliance. Rouge Park lies within an hours drive for 7 million people, and would be the first national urban park easily accessed by public transit. Many organizations, including Ontario Nature and the David Suzuki Foundation have expressed their support for this initiative.

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