▁government ▁and ▁it ▁reflected ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁resource ▁explo itation ▁for ▁Canada ' s ▁economy . ▁Under ▁this ▁reg ulation , ▁National ▁Park s ▁were ▁not ▁fully ▁preserved ▁in ▁their ▁natural ▁states ▁as ▁min ing , ▁logging ▁and ▁gra zing ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁permitted . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁Rock y ▁Mountains ▁Park ▁Bill ▁was ▁proposed , ▁it ▁el ic ited ▁various ▁critic isms ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁one ▁being ▁the ▁implicit ▁contradiction ▁between ▁the ▁explo itation ▁of ▁resources ▁within ▁this ▁national ▁res ervation . ▁However , ▁the ▁over arch ing ▁nin ete enth ▁century ▁ide ology ▁that ▁l umber ing ▁and ▁min ing ▁would ▁contribute ▁to ▁the ▁useful ness ▁of ▁the ▁reserve ▁as ▁opposed ▁to ▁dep reci ating ▁the ▁park ▁over shadow ed ▁the ▁concerns ▁of ▁resource ▁explo itation . ▁The ▁natural ▁resources ▁within ▁the ▁par ks ▁were ▁seen ▁as ▁being ▁un limited ▁and ▁therefore ▁should ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁econom ically ▁benef icial ▁for ▁the ▁nation . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁as ▁Canad ians ▁became ▁aware ▁of ▁the ▁de ple tion ▁occurr ing ▁within ▁America ' s ▁natural ▁resources , ▁a ▁debate ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁extent ▁of ▁resource ▁explo itation ▁in ▁Canada ' s ▁National ▁Park s ▁er upt ed . ▁This ▁debate ▁began ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁at ▁the ▁Forest ry ▁Convention ▁in ▁Ott awa ▁as ▁it ▁stim ulated ▁a ▁new ▁interest ▁in ▁conservation ▁which ▁spoke ▁to ▁the ▁government al , ▁academic , ▁and ▁public ▁level . ▁Canada ' s ▁National ▁Park