Parks Canada: Ed Jager

Parks Canada Dept: When an organization or a visitor would approach us with a new possible activity or event, the easiest answer for us to give was 'No,' said Ed Jager, Parks Canada director of visitor experience. That's the culture we're trying to change. , according to CTV. The sport of geocaching, a sort of GPS-guided treasure hunt, got the OK in 2009. Mountain biking, kite surfing and zip lining were all approved over the years and hang-gliding and paragliding were given the nod in February and National park visitors could soon be zip-lining through a forest or hang-gliding over a valley under new rules approved by Parks Canada, part of a cultural change in the way the federal agency manages some of the country's most beloved landscapes. This spring, Parks Canada completed a four-year review of activities it would allow in areas it controls. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.