David Suzuki: Reconciliation means rethinking parks governance David Suzuki: Reconciliation means rethinking parks governance Protection and restoration initiatives in public parks are still subject to colonial approaches – globally and in Canada By David Suzuki ndigenous people were also forcibly removed to create Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario. Protection and restoration are two sides of the conservation coin – protection for spaces that haven’t yet been damaged or destroyed by large-scale human impacts and restoration for ecologically critical places that have. Although both might seem like relatively straightforward scientific tasks, they have been and continue to be significantly shaped by colonialism – globally and in Canada.